Paul Axtell - The Lucid Meetings Blog

How to Use Meeting Skills From the Workplace to Improve Conversations With Your Kids

We said this in our last post and we’ll say it again: You get what you tolerate. When you tolerate subpar behavior from your family members, your colleagues or your significant other, that’s what you’ll get. Meetings, in their...

tips & techniques

How To Refresh Your Strategic Plan (in 4 Hours or Less)

We all know (or should know) that strategic planning is a necessity for business. If you don’t know where you’re going, how will you know when you get there. Updating and ensuring that your plan is still...

meeting design

Accessing the Wisdom of Your Group

Once in a while, a new manager will come to an organization and do something that is both bold and disruptive. First, they will ask the group to set aside their PowerPoint slides and their usual meeting...

meeting design

A Protocol for Clearing Questions and Handling Complaints

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...

leadership & facilitation/meeting design

5 Ways to Improve Employee Engagement in Meetings …and Why it Matters

Early in my career, my supervisor did me a big favor, although it didn’t feel like it at the time. Kurt put me on probation for not speaking during meetings. He stated it very simply—Paul, if you...