Writing Meeting Minutes – Shorter is Better

Don’t like writing meeting minutes? You are not alone. Once you know a few tricks however, it is not that hard and with the right tool it is not a lot of work and will help you to get things done. So why would you write meeting minutes? First, it adds structure to...

Long Office Hours – a Waste of your Time

Dedication is often measured in the number of hours people spend at the office, but research has shown over and over again that having a healthy balance between work and other activities leads to much higher productivity. Problem with corporate America is that we are...

A Practical Guide to Meeting Facilitation

Meeting facilitation is the art of making meetings run smoother. Meeting facilitators help meeting participants to stick to an agenda and progress through that agenda without getting stuck on difficult issues. It is the responsibility of the meeting facilitator to...

How to Effectively Run an In-Person Meeting

Virtual meetings are more and more frequently becoming standard day-to-day business practice, and businesses need to understand how to run remote meetings effectively. However, running an in-person meeting is still far more frequent of an occurrence in organizations,...

Stress is caused by work you DO NOT do

Stress is often associated with working hard and long hours, yet some manual laborers work many hours but don?t seem to suffer from stress. So what causes stress? I once read: ?You don?t get stress from the work you do, you get stress from the work you don?t do?. This...