Boosting Employee Engagement with Performance Management Software
Employee engagement is an influential component of an organization’s success. Without an engaged workforce, companies face challenges in...
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Mamie Kanfer Stewart
Aug 23, 20173 min read
Why A 'No-Meeting Day' Doesn't Get At The Real Problem
The “No Meeting Day” has recently become a phenomenon of sorts. The idea is to give employees an entire work day that their company,...
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Mamie Kanfer Stewart
Apr 5, 20174 min read
How Do I Get My Team to Prepare for a Meeting?
Meeting leaders know that getting their people to prepare for a meeting can be challenging. It’s no surprise that with busy schedules and...
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Pippi Kessler
Mar 22, 20176 min read
3 Decision-Making Models That You Need to Know
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...
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Tai Tsao
Feb 22, 20174 min read
Why You Need To Be Rotating Meeting Roles
Ever been in a meeting where one of these situations occurred? You’re scheduled to hold a virtual meeting, but the meeting participant...
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Pippi Kessler
Dec 14, 20165 min read
Group Conflict? Try Principle-Based Decision-Making
Do you hate group decision-making? You’re not alone. Trying to make a decision, especially in a dysfunctional group, can be extremely...
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Mamie Kanfer Stewart
Dec 7, 20164 min read
It’s Time for Meeting Follow-Through That Works
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,...
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Mamie Kanfer Stewart
Nov 30, 20165 min read
3 Useful Frameworks for Giving Feedback
Many of us find it uncomfortable to provide critical feedback. Sometimes it’s out of a desire to avoid conflict - we fear how the...
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Mamie Kanfer Stewart
Oct 20, 20163 min read
Is Effective Group Chat Possible?
Many of us have dealt with inboxes filled with endless back-and-forth emails. While chat apps like HipChat and Slack have decreased the...
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Tai Tsao
Sep 21, 20164 min read
Lightening the Load: Leading Meetings While Taking Notes
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...
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kaye
Aug 10, 20164 min read
How Can You Be a More Effective Team Member?
Many of us enjoyed watching extraordinary teammates in action at the Rio Summer Olympics. These teammates work as one to complete...
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Dorit Perry
Jul 28, 20165 min read
Have You Hit a Group Decision Making Wall?
Making group decisions is one of the great challenges of meetings. Oftentimes, decisions are made by a show of hands, the...
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kaye
Jun 1, 20164 min read
Create Meaningful Conversations Across Workplace Disagreement
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...
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Tai Tsao
May 4, 20165 min read
From Individuals to Teams: the Importance of Emotional Intelligence
Ask any person what makes for a great leader, and you’ll likely get as many answers as people you ask: confidence, humility, empathy,...
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Tai Tsao
Feb 3, 20164 min read
Mastering the Virtual Meeting
More and more people around the world are working virtually, that is, they don’t work in the same physical space as their colleagues....
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Tai Tsao
Dec 17, 20153 min read
How to Improve Your Team's Decision-Making
In our previous blog post, Recognizing the 20 Decision-Making Biases, we explored common biases and provided tips to address them. Being...
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kaye
Nov 4, 20152 min read
The Hidden Power of Collective Meeting Notes
What comes to mind when you think of meeting notes? A court reporter furiously typing every word everyone has said? A pile of scrap...
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Tai Tsao
Oct 15, 20154 min read
Recognizing the 20 Decision-making Biases
Decision-making is one critical reason people come together for a meeting. There are many challenges to making good decisions, especially...
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Tai Tsao
Aug 12, 20155 min read
Design Your Way to a Better Meeting
Is there any question we are a design-oriented society? Web design, interior design, designer jeans, and virtually anything else that...
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