Meetingception: Atlassian finds 74% of meetings are used to plan more meetings
About 76% of respondents to the Atlassian survey also said that meetings were the primary obstacle to completing their work.
Overwhelmed by too many meetings? Here’s how you can improve your productivity
How many of your meetings are 60 minutes or more? By choosing to do 25-minute meetings, you will free up a large chunk of time to get your day-to-day work done.
Kindly exclude me from your meeting: Why more participants equals less productivity
In a world more eager to hear diverse perspectives, inclusion is inherently good. But like everything, overdoing it comes at a cost.
Three ways this business found success with a four-day work week
Inventium was able to increase employee engagement, reduce stress and meet financial targets ahead of time by moving to a four-day work week. Here's how.
End the Zoom gloom: Five ways to make meetings better in 2022
Videos off. Videos on but openly ignoring the meeting underway. Turning up late. Leaving abruptly. It’s time to brush up on modern meeting manners!
A 10-step strategy to making meetings more productive
This book extract from FlexAbility: How high achievers beat burnout and find freedom in an overworked world explores why businesses need to stop the "meeting madness".
The remote-work revolution has increased digital overload. Here’s how to manage it
Online communication tools, from email to virtual chat to video-conferencing, have transformed the way we work. But digital overload is rife.
Three surprising ways to make Zoom meetings more engaging and personable
Zoom meetings aren't going away any time soon, so here are three ways to foster deeper connections with your co-workers.
Remote, but not forgotten: Eight ways to build a brilliant online workspace
Clear expectations, sweet rituals and even a virtual water cooler can bring the benefits of teamwork into the remote workspace, writes Venessa Paech.
“Yes, and… “: Seven improv-inspired strategies that will boost your startup
There’s never a dull moment when you’re running a startup, but applying the principles of improv can improve your performance.
Eight reasons why introverts make great leaders
I’m an extreme introvert on the measurable scale that psychologists or coaches would use, but that hasn’t held me back. Quite the opposite, in fact.
Spilling the beans: Why inviting someone to ‘grab a coffee’ is disingenuous and unnecessary
The 'coffee catch-up request bullshit’ epidemic needs to be immobilised in 2019. We must sip some collective truth and call it out for the poppycock it is.