“If you really mean to change the way you meet, you are going to be messing with the culture of the business and the deep-seated habits of its employees. You’re going to discover that very often the meetings are not…
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Book Report: Will There Be Donuts?
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Posted in Books, Everything, Leadership, Management
Posted in Books, Everything, Leadership, Management
Know Your Enemy: How to Spot a Nearly Meeting
Nearly meeting is a colossal waste of time and resources, and – most destructively – it turns us off the real potential of really meeting. To avoid nearly meeting and make an escape or a change when you find yourself…
Tagged with: David Pearl, effectiveness, meetings, nearly meeting, Will There Be Donuts?
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Posted in Everything
The Real Tragedy of Nearly Meeting
In Will There Be Donuts?, David Pearl explains the concept of nearly meeting (p22): Nearly meeting is any meeting where the participants fail to get real value out of their coming together. They are the ones which offer a poor return…
Tagged with: David Pearl, effectiveness, efficiency, meetings, nearly meeting, schedules, Will There Be Donuts?
Posted in Management
Posted in Management
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