A Tool Kit for Productive Meetings

A Tool Kit for Productive Meetings

Meetings. Love them or hate them, most of us have them on our schedule. In fact, there is a good chance you have one on your calendar today. In the era of hybrid and remote work, these seem to be happening at an even higher rate in an attempt to maintain communication...
Ignite Imaginations with a Change of Place

Ignite Imaginations with a Change of Place

One challenge most leaders face is how to inspire more workplace creativity. There are plenty of clock punchers out there—folks who are physically working but mentally retired. Elevating people to higher standards of performance and inspiring useful ideas requires...
Remote Working Tips for Better Meetings

Remote Working Tips for Better Meetings

With more people than ever working remotely, it feels like we have been in a lot more meetings than normal in 2020. The desire to sync up with your team more often when we are all working from our separate homes makes sense, but few things elicit a collective groan as...
Meetings, Meetings, Meetings…Yuck!

Meetings, Meetings, Meetings…Yuck!

Meetings, meetings and more meetings. Ever feel like you are perpetually in a state of meetings? In my consulting work, I hear this complaint a lot. You’re not alone if you feel meetings are a waste of time or that they leave you with no time to get real work done....
How to Choose a Mentor

How to Choose a Mentor

The benefits of having a mentor are big. A survey of Fortune 500 companies found that 96% of executives credited mentoring as an important development tool and 75% said mentoring played a key role in their career success. But how do you get a mentor? Many employees...