Business Week tells the story of Perry Klebahn, the man who’s taken over as CEO of ailing bag company Timbuk2. He wanted to keep the 70 employees of the San Francisco company informed and engaged, but what he’d hoped would be an open forum for discussion turned into an awkward weekly event… Klebahn was a […]
If you use my friend Tom Terez’s new meeting agenda planner, perhaps your meetings won’t suck quite so much. The PDF form provides a simple framework for all the key elements of a productive meeting: Purpose Roles Agenda items Time frames Decisions Next steps …and more And if you use the quick-check assessment tool to […]
Here’s a unique view on Boring Meetings… The author feels that attending meetings offers the opportunity to stand out from the crowd and participate in what he has termed “social theater.” I’m not certain that I agree with his premise, but I have hope for him — he also suggests in the article that speakers […]
ManageSmarter.com reports that a recent study by Sirota Survey Intelligence found that bored workers are a bigger threat to company morale than stressed-out and over-worked employees. “Feeling overworked — a condition that could lead to job burnout — is far more prevalent than feeling bored, yet both have harmful effects on employees and their companies,” […]
Monday’s USAToday.com chart and poll focused on what bugs us most about meetings. The bulk of those surveyed (27%) said that disorganized meetings which seemed to have no purpose or agenda ticked them off most. Second place went to people who Interrupt in meetings (17%) and the third most bothersome thing in meetings were Nappers […]
Apparently the Department of Boring Meetings thinks there is a better way to organize the workday — and they want to have some meetings to discuss it. But don’t worry, there are doughnuts for the team with the best ideas.Or muffins. We can totally do muffins… From the memo:So let’s plan to have a few […]
A recent Inc.com article shares study findings on why meetings are just so darn unbearable! A new “Ouch Point” study by Opinion Research USA measured the tolerance thresholds of U.S. workers at business meetings. Topping the list as the biggest frustration for meeting attendees? Disorganization.The study polled 1,037 workers, and 27% ranked disorganized, rambling meetings […]
