How to Present Your Proposal at an Executive Meeting
What's the worst reaction you've ever gotten when you made an important presentation? Probably, it would come in second to the one I just heard about. A woman--ironically she was interviewing me for an article about "Knockout Presentations"--told me the story of her disaster. It was early in her career as a policy analyst. She was just out of school, proud of her MBA and working in her
The Five Stages of Team Development - A Case Study
Every team goes through the five stages of team development. First, some background on team development. The first four stages of team growth were first developed by Bruce Wayne Tuckman and published in 1965. His theory, called "Tuckman's Stages" was based on research he conducted on team dynamics. He believed (as is a common belief today) that these stages are inevitable in order for a team
Ten Ways to Increase Group Participation in Team Meetings
Leaders have found that meetings where team members openly communicate on business topics and participate in problem solving yields better results than those where people sit and listen. There are different levels of participation in meetings; the most desirable is a fully interactive environment. Voting in a meeting to make decisions is a level of participation, but consensus decis
Three Phases of Value-Added Meetings
To accomplish valuable work during a meeting, the meeting should follow the three phases that a meeting goes through. These are opening the meeting, accomplishing the primary purpose, and closing the meeting. Opening the meeting includes taking a few minutes to review and agree to the meeting purpose and agenda. This lets everyone know and understand the key objective for the meeting and the
6 Ways a Year-End Planning Meeting Can Transform Your Business
In the day-to-day of servicing clients it is hard to find time to step back and look at the big picture; allocating time for a planning meeting enables you to think strategically about your business and put in place plans to achieve new levels of success. The following are 6 ways you can transform your business in a single meeting.1. Build on Your Strengths to Stand OutA strategy meeting is t
Our Top Ten Team Building Exercises
You've recruited the individual members of your team. You've established your goal. You've developed a plan and a timeline. Now the trick is to get all those unique individuals working together toward the same goal. Given the varied personalities, communication skills and personal agendas individual members bring with them to the team, getting your team to work cooperatively can be a cha
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