Several years ago I wrote an article for Inc. about 3 Powerful Ways to Help Your Team Cope With Tragedy. At the time, the tragedy was the burning of Notre Dame. Last week’s invasion of Ukraine resurfaced...
Meeting overload, zoom fatigue, and too much time wasted in unproductive meetings: these problems grow during periods of rapid change. Bad meetings proliferate when we struggle to communicate well. And when things change rapidly, we need to...
You don’t necessarily need an agenda to have a great meeting. I’m pretty sure you knew that already. I’m guessing you’ve attended many useful and interesting meetings that lacked an agenda. I bet that when someone tells...
Note: These criteria were originally shared as part of our guide to establishing an effective decision-making process. Have you ever responded to a Request For Proposal (RFP), with its pages and pages of Musts, Shoulds, and Nice...
Recently we hosted two online parties where we invited folks to join us in creating a big list of Tip-Top Top Tips for Smarter Meetings. The whole event was an experiment. We wondered: Would it work to...
Last week we launched Barbara MacKay’s new Meeting School course on How to Lead Engaging Meetings. It’s sweet. I took it and learned a bunch of handy new tips, and I had fun too. Barbara’s a dynamic,...
I was enjoying lunch at a technology conference with a group of CTOs from high-powered companies when the conversation turned from blockchain to meetings. It’s funny how that always happens. First, we heard about the awful meetings...
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...
You get what you tolerate. I’ve heard this adage many times when complaining about my dog’s behavior, and occasionally regarding my children too. The person sharing that wisdom is telling me that my dog’s and my children’s...
As your business grows, you have two routes you can take when it comes to staffing: you can hire employees or you can work with freelancers. Many businesses are realizing the benefits of hiring remote employees and...
As more and more teams are collaborating remotely, having effective meetings between various stakeholders is key to successful projects. Developers and designers are two core stakeholders in this process. Collaboration between them and the issues surrounding how...
Angela Monson, RDH, PhDDepartment Chair of Dental Hygiene Minnesota State University, Mankato Angela, one of our newest customers, called in with a problem. She’d started using Lucid to organize and run her meetings, and had her team...
