Employee engagement is an influential component of an organization’s success. Without an engaged workforce, companies face challenges in...

The “No Meeting Day” has recently become a phenomenon of sorts. The idea is to give employees an entire work day that their company,...

Meeting leaders know that getting their people to prepare for a meeting can be challenging. It’s no surprise that with busy schedules and...

There are so many ways well-intentioned group decision-making can go wrong. Have you ever been stuck in a 5-hour meeting that stopped...

Ever been in a meeting where one of these situations occurred? You’re scheduled to hold a virtual meeting, but the meeting participant...

Do you hate group decision-making? You’re not alone. Trying to make a decision, especially in a dysfunctional group, can be extremely...

You’ve just had what you think was a great meeting in which you and your team achieved the meeting objective. A couple weeks later,...

Many of us find it uncomfortable to provide critical feedback. Sometimes it’s out of a desire to avoid conflict - we fear how the...

Many of us have dealt with inboxes filled with endless back-and-forth emails. While chat apps like HipChat and Slack have decreased the...

You’re sold on the value of note-taking and ready to create a consistent note-taking practice during meetings. But how do you balance...

Many of us enjoyed watching extraordinary teammates in action at the Rio Summer Olympics. These teammates work as one to complete...

Making group decisions is one of the great challenges of meetings. Oftentimes, decisions are made by a show of hands, the...

When it comes to charged issues, how do we disagree constructively rather than poorly, both in and out of the workplace? In our work at...

Ask any person what makes for a great leader, and you’ll likely get as many answers as people you ask: confidence, humility, empathy,...

More and more people around the world are working virtually, that is, they don’t work in the same physical space as their colleagues....

In our previous blog post, Recognizing the 20 Decision-Making Biases, we explored common biases and provided tips to address them. Being...

What comes to mind when you think of meeting notes? A court reporter furiously typing every word everyone has said? A pile of scrap...

Decision-making is one critical reason people come together for a meeting. There are many challenges to making good decisions, especially...

Is there any question we are a design-oriented society? Web design, interior design, designer jeans, and virtually anything else that...