In survey after survey, meetings get knocked by everyone from employees to senior executives as being among the biggest waste of work hours. In one poll, by Office Team, 45 percent of senior executives said their firms would be more productive if they banned all meetings at least one day a week! “The problem that often occurs – beyond the obvious, like lacking a clear agenda – is the underlying current of competition that each […]
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How To Avoid Having to Fire Employees
In this economy, or any economy, most people don’t look forward to having to fire anyone. Do you find yourself in a position where one of your employees has gotten to the point where their job performance is substandard? Where there is little chance of re-habilitation? Where termination is the only option? How did this happen? Did the organization outgrow their competencies or was there an organizational change and they no longer fit? Was it […]
Read MoreThe Meeting Has Started Please Turn Off All Electronic Devices
Your marketing team is assembled and you’re ready to brainstorm that big new campaign direction. A guy at the table giggles. You think he has a good a idea. He doesn’t. He just got a funny text from his buddy. OK, moving on. Someone blurts out a current event they just saw on Twitter while two others act focused on the meeting, but keep darting their eyes at their laptops every time no one is […]
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