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Professional Development

Meetings – 6 Ways to Avoid that Sucking Sound

May 7, 2009

We attend lots of meetings. This isn’t necessarily bad. A well manged meeting is a great opportunity to move the ball forward. You can also get great stimulation from interaction with colleagues. Here are 12 ways to build relationships at work. But I’m afraid that many most meetings are so badly managed they are nothing [...]

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Acme Productivity Enhancer –
Bottleneck removal at your fingertips.

March 11, 2009

The difficult business environment has me thinking about productivity in the workplace, about doing more with less. In my experience, a key to improved productivity is the application of bottleneck remover or, said another way, delegate. Productivity is nice, but delegation can be scary. “What if they don’t do what I want done the way [...]

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How to Write a Meeting Agenda – Making PALs

March 9, 2009

Do meetings make you crazy? Personally, I like them. When there’s an effective meeting agenda, it’s a chance to interact with colleagues and share ideas but, when they don’t have structure, when there’s no agenda, they make me crazy too. Like most things, planning is the key to success. There are three broad elements to [...]

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