We do not learn from experience … we learn from reflecting on experience. John Dewey These meetings go by many names – postmortems, retrospectives, after-action reviews, wrap-ups, project “success” meetings. Regardless of what you call them, they...
Leaders get work done through the conversations they hold. Often those conversations are in meetings—particularly when multiple people need to be in the discussion. In spite of all the criticism of time-wasted in meetings, leaders need meetings...
Usually when we think of discipline, it’s deeply personal and not that much fun. One kind of discipline involves punishing others. For example, as a parent, I may discipline my misbehaving child. Another kind of discipline punishes...
One of the most common requirements on a job posting is “Excellent communication skills”. The hope is that if you hire people with these excellent communication skills, you’ll avoid all the confusion, distrust, mistakes and anxiety that...
Standing meetings, quick huddles, speedy meetings – everywhere we look, the productivity experts are challenging us to run faster, shorter meetings. But sometimes when you get running really fast, it’s easy to lose people along the way. When...
