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Entries Tagged as 'Effective Meetings'

Banning Multitasking at Meetings

March 31st, 2009 · No Comments

“What do you think, John?”
“Uh, could you repeat the question?’
We’ve all been there, whether at an in-person meeting or a teleconference, when “John” has been physically present but busy scrolling through email on his Blackberry.  He thinks he is fully capable of doing both, that he is actually more productive this way, until he has [...]

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Why We Complain About Meetings But Keep Having Them

March 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Another meeting to attend, and you won’t get any work done again today! That’s a common complaint in some companies, yet the schedule of meetings continues. There have been some changes with teleconferencing and videoconferencing, but the gatherings still occur with regularity.
A new study coming out from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte (Steven [...]

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Tags: Effective Meetings · Office Productivity · Team Productivity