Category Archives: Meetings

Wanna get punched in the face? Schedule a meeting.

If you’re like me you spend an inordinate amount of your work day in meetings. So much of what we do involves working with others that it’s hard to avoid them. Yet, so many meetings are true wastes of our … Continue reading

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I know how Dilbert feels

This has been a super busy week. Combine that with a pretty solid case of writer’s block and that leads to a lack of posts for this week. Many of you have commented to me that based on the stories … Continue reading

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The Anatomy of a Meeting

People who don’t work in Corporate America have this notion that all real business occurs in big meetings, held in big conference rooms, with big chairs, filled with people who have big egos. While Corporate America definitely has its share … Continue reading

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There better be free lunch and don’t forget the cookies

Play by the rules.  Rules are meant to be broken.  I before E except after C. Oddly enough, in the land of the free and the home of the brave, there are rules for everything…including how to make rules. There … Continue reading

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