It's no secret that I am not a fan of excessive meetings. A day full of back-to-back meetings is my personal hell, which I suppose would make a meeting-packed day with brief intermittent breaks my purgatory. [contextly_auto_sidebar id="h4El0jyXQzufBlj8fWg1Q9MdFMu3w0LK"]I recently wrote about the...
When it comes to meetings and making effective decisions, seven is the golden number. As the number of people in a meeting grows, the effectiveness begins to decline. [contextly_sidebar id="rOwqdC1tUK0RhyBcER0JyX014ydG3cWA"] In a study presented in Decide & Deliver: 5 Steps to Breakthrough Performance in Your Organization,...
Project managers and assistants must walk a delicate line between proactivity and micromanagement when working in small teams. On the one hand, our entrepreneurs rely on us to keep projects and tasks moving on time and under budget. On the other, our teammates, like us, are juggling multiple competing deadlines....
When REBEL was just a crazy idea, the first person I sought counsel from was Eunice Miller. So it's only appropriate that she was the first Rebel and the first person I interviewed. [rebel] Interview: Quotes Share the above images freely -- but please include a link to...
A Germany-based company has made a very bold move in helping vacationing workers unplug from work. Most people struggle with the idea of completely unplugging from work, even while laying on a tropical beach in front of a beautiful view. Even when we are supposed to be relaxing, we are...
I'll preface this post with an acknowledgement that email is here to stay. That said, we don't have to treat our stream of outgoing messages like a firehose. The following companies have adopted compelling approaches to slow the flow of email. Consider these when crafting your...
