Transitioning to remote work is a gift to some and a nightmare to others. Some people might hope to continue with at least part-time telecommuting after the COVID-19 pandemic is over, and others can’t wait to get back to the office. Either way, remote work is where we...
Are you a member of your industry association? A couple of years ago, I (re) joined the National Speaker's Association. We didn't have a local chapter where I live in Austin for many years, but then some of my friends and colleagues restarted the chapter here. It took...
I present and train at corporate offsite events and meetings of all sizes, and I've seen many that could have been improved. To prevent you from making the same mistakes, this is the second half of my two-part article on improving your annual corporate offsite...
Lots of articles have been written about how to improve meetings, but they're mostly about the day-t0-day meetings you have at your organization. Not a lot has been written about your biggest and most expensive meeting: your annual corporate conference. Yet this is a...
Do you have only 100 minutes, or less, to get your work done in a day? Today’s always-on, all-access economy has led to unnatural patterns that are counter-productive and are damaging to knowledge workers. From checking and sending work communications at all hours,...
Meetings take up a big part of our days, and they can be a real drain on our productivity and efficiency. Have you ever felt like you're trying to squeeze in your "real" work around meetings? A pair of recent Forbes articles can help. In Part 1 of her report on...
Some productivity experts recommend that you schedule tasks you want to accomplish on your calendar each day. I don't, and I wanted to tell you a little more about why I think this practice won't help your productivity. This topic is on my mind because of a recent...
How much time do you spend going back and forth with others via email to schedule meetings — and then, all too frequently, to reschedule them? Ross McCammon wrote a funny and useful column for the July issue of Entrepreneur magazine about how to reschedule more...
How to Ensure Productive Meetings, whether you're the host or an attendee It doesn’t have to be, although that seems to be status quo in larger companies these days, and sometimes even in smaller ones. Here are some things to consider to make meetings at your...
