Most members of high-performing teams report that it's fun and satisfying to work on collaborative teams because they are asked to contribute at their highest potential and they learn a lot along the way. Characteristics of high-performing teams include the following.
Ron Ricci | Posted 05.17.2012
The virtual workplace has many advantages, but it also introduces new challenges. We work with people we've never met before, and we cannot bond in the same way we do when we are sitting across the table from them.
Erica Nicole | Posted 05.03.2012
If you find yourself calling meetings, about meetings so you can prepare for that next meeting -- you're not only compromising your bottom line, but the productivity and sanity of your team as well.
Andrea Sittig-Rolf | Posted 04.16.2012
If you position your introduction over the phone as an opportunity to meet in person so you can learn more about your prospect and their potential future needs, you may have better luck.
Adele Scheele | Posted 04.11.2012
For many of us, coping with meetings is more stressful than doing the actual work -- it often feels like not much is accomplished.
Fred Whelan and Gladys Stone | Posted 03.10.2012
It's impossible to be too good a communicator. We all know people who seem to always know the perfect thing to say. What you may not realize is that good communicators work at it.
Karen Leland | Posted 11.01.2011
Small businesses suffer just as much as major corporations from their constant checking of cell phones in important meetings and even one-on-one conversations. And while big businesses have more staff to cushion the impact, small businesses are by nature tight on resources and need to get the most productivity out of the people they do have.
Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 08.05.2011
Years ago I remember hearing about a CEO new to an international company who took all the chairs out of all the conference rooms as one of his first a...
Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.17.2011
Nothing drains happiness faster than a long, unproductive meeting. On the other hand, a productive meeting can be tremendously valuable, a big time-saver, and even exhilarating. Here are some strategies I try to deploy.
Randy Miller | Posted 05.25.2011
I know that we are past the moment for New Year's Resolutions, but I'd like to offer one that many educators should have written down: stop having long-winded, non-productive meetings.
Ron Ashkenas | Posted 05.25.2011
What seems like wasted or unproductive time for many managers is actually fulfilling important personal and organizational needs.
Lisa Mirza Grotts | Posted 05.25.2011
Treating your colleagues with respect can gain you a winning edge and create a win-win situation for everyone at the office. Here are some basic rules of etiquette in the office and at office parties.
James M. Lynch | Posted 11.17.2011
Admittedly there's a balance to achieve and we're running a business to make money, but where we'll spend our time has had the immediate effect of giving us both renewed energy.
Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011
Meetings that take place between 12:01 and 1:59 should have food at them. Doesn't matter what. Who cares? Let us eat cake!
Guy Nicolucci | Posted 05.25.2011
The one thing I didn't see was a cash register. None. Not in the front, not in the back, not anywhere. The food was free.
Sarah O'Leary | Posted 05.25.2011
When we rely on e-mails to do business, we risk misunderstanding what our colleagues are really thinking. An e-mail can't replace a phone conversation.
Richard Laermer | Posted 05.25.2011
Hey everyone; guess what! The chips have now fallen ... so go get some off the floor.
Mallika Chopra | Posted 11.17.2011
When I was young, about a week before school started, without fail I would get a rash on my face. Oh, how tense I used to be about the uncertainty -- year after year after year.
Marc Hershon | Posted 05.25.2011
Your key to getting more of your time back is to focus on those passive meetings...then start finding ways to skip them.
Eli Davidson | Posted 11.17.2011
Do you find yourself sinking under the blaze of busy? Are papers marching across your desk in such a mad frenzy that your mind is goes blank the mome...
Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.17.2011
Nothing can drain the happiness from you faster than a long, unproductive meeting. You're bored; you're not getting anything done; emails are piling up while you sit, trapped.
James M. Lynch | Posted 11.17.2011
"But" is a word I could just as well do without. It stops more projects before they even hit the planning stage than it creates.
William Klein | Posted 05.25.2011
Under my proposal, every meeting, conference and company lunch will include one person to make Designated Eye Contact (DEC).
Carl Wiese | Posted 05.22.2012