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How to get out of your meetings
Interrupting your flow to attend a meeting is frustrating and an all too common occurrence. Because while meetings can be a powerful team building and decision making tool, they can also be a huge productivity killer. First, You should always keep and prioritize your one-on-ones. Those are the most important meetings you have and you…
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Preparing for your one-on-one
It wasn’t until I became a manager that I realized how poorly I handled one-on-ones as an individual contributor. I rarely understood their purpose and came unprepared. When I began management training, I recognized how effective some of my managers had been—how they drew me out and asked questions that helped me organize and articulate…
