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Quote of the Week: Sun Tzu
One fact about leadership is that you can’t lead a team if you don’t have a team to lead.
Another fact is that the team needs to be rewarded for a job done well. This doesn’t necessarily mean monetary incentives. It means providing them an opportunity to grow, learn, be heard regardless [...]
Meetings Revisited
Meetings: The endless time suck or the path leading to greater efficiency, effectiveness, and just plain getting things done? For me, it was the former.
As I’ve stated before, I dreaded my weekly status meetings, especially the ones I ran. I wanted my meetings to serve a purpose, foster better communications, focus our strategy, and lead [...]
Death by Meeting: My First Take
In an earlier post about running effective meetings, I stated that I read Patrick Lencioni’s book Death by Meeting and was going to give his ideas a try. So far, my team and I have experimented with the Daily Check-ins and the Weekly Tactical meetings. Here is my take:
Daily Check-ins
When I stated that I wanted [...]
Are You Kidding Me? More Meetings?!!!
Like most people, I dread the weekly status meeting. I sit there and ask myself “Why am I here?”, “What is the purpose of this meeting?”, and “What real work could I be doing instead of this meeting?”. And to make matters worse, I am the one who runs this meeting! If I’m feeling this [...]
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