by Kate Mercer | Oct 17, 2016 | Organisation Culture
It’s important to keep meetings short and snappy as people begin to switch off after 30 minutes. This guest blog post from Olive Keogh in The Irish Times explains why. “A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and the hours are lost.” This pithy...
by Kate Mercer | Feb 9, 2016 | Organisation Culture, Team Development
Does it sometimes feel as if you spend all day in meetings, yet any real work has to be done outside them? Here are four ways to turn this around and make your meetings more productive. The real problem is that your meetings aren’t really snappy or productive...
by Kate Mercer | Nov 15, 2015 | Leadership
Ever sat in a meeting, really wanting to contribute in some way but been unable to get a word in? Ever left a meeting running the ‘could have, would have, should haves’ of everything you didn’t say through your brain? I think we’ve all been there. There are lots of...
by Amanda Baines | Sep 27, 2015 | Organisation Culture, Team Development
Want to know some good tips on how to banish boring meetings and instil best practice? Today’s guest blog is from Jesse Lyn Stoner who imparts some wise advice on turning pointless meetings into useful ones: I’ve attended a lot of meetings that are a waste of...
by Kate Mercer | May 24, 2015 | Leadership
Being an effective communicator is a crucial leadership skill. An entire group, company or organisation will rise or fall to the communication standards of its leaders. A 2009 study by Siemens Communications and SIS International Research found that a company with 100...
