Is it nepotism if a husband and wife serve together on the same committee?
QUESTION – A vacancy occurred on a committee and a man said his wife would be happy to fill it. The committee was in need
QUESTION – A vacancy occurred on a committee and a man said his wife would be happy to fill it. The committee was in need
Bite the bullet on people who are deadwood in your organisation Recently I was working with a client and had an interesting conversation with a
The humble traffic light – green, amber, red – is a quick and powerful way to find out what people really think about the meetings
We all know you need to practice before you present. But when it really matters, and your job could be on the line, what is
Some people justify their salary by having meetings. But are the meetings effective? Today I had an interesting meeting with a senior business person with
Why the difference between misinformation and disinformation in meetings matters The meaning of misinformation is often merged with that of disinformation, but they are not
I’ve been talking about Parkinson’s Law in relation to meetings for over 30 years. Simply stated (in terms of meetings) it says that a meeting
Every now and then, I go through my emails and set up a pile of filters to delete the email newsletters and other things that
Everyone was surprised at how we managed to get so many people to vote at a community association meeting. It’s all about getting your ducks
It’s really interesting, I think, that some leaders climb the corporate ladder and yet they somehow miss out on acquiring the skill to present and
Recently I was working with a professional services firm and the issue of wearing ties sparked some interest. It was raised from a person in
Recently I have come across two businesses that in my humble opinion have missed the point. I am not going to identify either business as
The other generations are not “wrong”, they are just different! I have found myself talking a lot in the last couple of weeks about the
It’s been calculated that the “average” adult makes 35,000 decisions every day. It seems a bit high to me but who am I to argue
Confirmation bias is the phenomenon that when making a decision, people tend to look for and consider data that supports their own view or opinion
Charisma is that magnetic quality that some speakers may have in drawing an audience. It is that certain “something” that the audience may not be
In every workplace, on virtually any day, there will be one, six, ten, a hundred meetings and every one will be “led” by someone. Whether that person sees themselves as “chairing” the meeting or not, the other people do. And so every day throughout the world there are tens of thousands of people chairing meetings – it is perhaps the most common universal activity which occurs in workplaces in every part of the globe every working day.
You have an important presentation to make and you just don’t know what to wear. It’s a question that is as important for men as
Make 2017 “The Year of You – The speaker!” by following these four strategies 1. Face the fear Depending on who you speak to, most
Virtually everyone in the working world attends meetings at some stage. Staff meetings, management meetings, planning meetings, information meetings, update meetings … they are apparently