Meeting Effectiveness – Attendance Too often we find ourselves attending meetings that we should not be attending. In most cases some well intentioned person felt that you needed to be a part of the meeting so that you were looped … Continued
The new cloud enabled version of MeetingResult for Business will introduce a whole new level of collaboration around meetings during the planning, execution and follow up phases. This new version incorporates many of the features that our customers have asked … Continued
Meeting Effectiveness – Time I read a book recently by Dr. Henry Cloud called NecessaryEndings. In the book Dr. Cloud makes the point that there are things in our business and personal lives that we need to get rid of … Continued
Meeting Training – Gain the Advantage In a recent survey of project managers 80% reported that their organizations did not provide formalized training for planning and running effective meetings. This statistic probably doesn’t come as a surprise as most of … Continued
Meeting Effectiveness – Communication In a recent survey project managers were asked what single skill contributes most to the success of a project manager. The overwhelming response was fairly obvious but we believe there is an insight within these results … Continued
Meeting Effectiveness – Meeting Planning In a recent survey of project managers, we asked them how much planning they typically perform for a project meeting. The results are very interesting and I think they point to a conclusion somewhat contrary … Continued
Meeting Effectiveness – Creative Waste of Time Tuesday Morning – 9:00 am. You invite eight of us to a meeting, and like lemmings we all accept. This hour-long meeting’s going to cost the company at least $1000, but you haven’t … Continued
Technology – Making This Easier Most of us understand the advantages that information technology provides in our lives and we can’t deny that computers and mobile devices have become ingrained in our cultures. Anything from booking an airline ticket on … Continued
The Meeting Process In the last blog post, we explored the massive investment that meetings represent each and every day across the business world. We introduced some pretty alarming statistics about meetings. One of the statistics that stands out the … Continued
Meeting Accountability – Counting the Costs Have you ever wondered how much money is invested in meetings? We wanted to take a stab at quantifying the magnitude of the meeting investment. We originally compiled most of this research for a presentation that … Continued
