Meeting Checklist Helps You Decide if a Session is Needed 

Business Tips

Saturday, July 16th, 2022

Meeting Checklist Helps You Decide if a Session is Needed 

If you must have a meeting and it only needs to be about ten minutes, don’t get everyone together — utilize video conferencing rather than meeting in person or voice alone. In this way, your on-site employees and the remote team can quickly get the information needed in a timely manner. More than half of […]

Meetings Should Be Run Effectively To Be A Successful Leader

Business Tips

Friday, July 1st, 2022

Meetings Should Be Run Effectively To Be A Successful Leader

Leadership is shown in a variety of ways and locations. But, the most visible day-to-day expression is frequently how leaders conduct meetings. The criteria for leadership may not be fair and maybe unduly simple, but the fact remains that excellent leaders conduct good meetings and terrible leaders have awful meetings. Period. It all boils down […]

How to Schedule Remote and Office Work

Business Tips

Thursday, June 16th, 2022

How to Schedule Remote and Office Work

Many of us have become used to working remotely and balancing work and personal life. Companies are focused on returning employees to work and many have worked through the challenges of the remote “era.” Some companies have taken an approach of “okay, we went easy on you during covid — but now it’s time to get […]

Employees: Tips for Requesting More Flexible Schedules

Business Tips

Sunday, May 22nd, 2022

Employees: Tips for Requesting More Flexible Schedules

As more companies adopt remote and hybrid workforce models, they become more receptive to flexible work arrangements. Many firms are opting to stay flexible even when life returns to normal due to the Covid-19 pandemic’s lockdowns, which taught executives how valuable flexible work alternatives could be. Even though the advantages are apparent, an employee in […]

When Time Management Can’t Help

Business Tips

Saturday, April 23rd, 2022

When Time Management Can’t Help

The concept of time management is often misunderstood and generally unsuccessful in minimizing overload and stress. Although the emphasis on efficiency is admirable — true overload is self-defeating and futile. Initiate clear time guidelines for selecting what types of activities you won’t do, and develop processes like establishing a day when managers conduct no meetings. […]

Ways to Have Some Fun While in Virtual Meetings

Business Tips

Monday, April 18th, 2022

Ways to Have Some Fun While in Virtual Meetings

Virtual meetings have become a weekly or even daily affair for many professionals as firms have transitioned to entirely or partly remote work arrangements in the past several years. These hybrid virtual meetings bother some employees, but you may as well lighten up and have some fun. You can remain professional while you have fun […]

Meet Tech’s Future With AI

Business Tips

Tuesday, April 12th, 2022

Meet Tech’s Future With AI

“Zoom fatigue” refers to a mental overload that reduces productivity. Senior managers believe there is AI in the investment of meetings. The Stanford Virtual Human Interaction AI Lab studied the psychological effects of protracted video conferencing and online meetings in early 2021. Sixty-five percent of 182 senior managers polled at UNC-Chapel Hill said meetings delayed […]

Six Ways to Make Your Meetings More Productive

Business Tips, Meetings, Productivity

Sunday, March 27th, 2022

Six Ways to Make Your Meetings More Productive

Organizations must improve their ability to have productive meetings to become more successful. How can managers help bring meetings with a better outcome? Meetings take up a lot of our time at work, but how much do they truly accomplish? According to Korn Ferry’s study, meetings rarely do what we set out to accomplish. Furthermore, […]

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