About a year ago, we had daily standups with our small team, just the four or five of us. Like most scrum meetings, we started with the same three questions. What are you working on today? What did you do yesterday? What's one problem or obstacle that you&...
[contextly_auto_sidebar id="njluQZFMrsfTasJzZHDpJbeNygnIWOZF"]Every team I've ever worked with makes the same mistake when inviting a remote team member to an in-person meeting: they treat the telecommuter as they would an in-person participant. Is your workgroup guilty of this cardinal sin? If so, ask...
I'm on a crusade against pointless meetings. Here are some of my favorite ways to reframe meetings so that they stay action-oriented. To win at this, just remember 3 P's: Purpose, People, Progress. 1. Purpose: What actions and decisions will this meeting facilitate? You must be...
Any meeting you have should be for one purpose and one purpose only: making and committing to a decision. Let me restate that: only hold meetings to make decisions and commit to those decisions as a group. [contextly_auto_sidebar id="XBgwKA29TzRGfkpdazCZOYR8ErbVTqqL"]Anything beneath that standard creates unnecessary...
A coffee meeting is the safe way to network. It allows you to connect with a contact in a non-invasive and neutral space that comes with no expectations. However, because of its casual nature, coffee meetings turn out to be unproductive more times than not. Sean Blanda, editor at Behance,...
