The answer is a pretty-much unqualified “yes.” Does it need to be that way? Of course not, but it is not easy. Meetings were horrible prior to 2020, and though we are in a different place now, with better tools and some new attitudes, finding your way to better meetings is still a challenge. In this first of a two-part series, we’ll dive into what was truly wrong with the 20th century meeting model. Organizational performance expert Jack Skeels chats with author Steve Prentice about why meetings devolved into an event unto themselves, and somehow lost track of their original purpose. Check out Episode 10, entitled Your Meeting Sucks – part of The Art Of Management Series.
In the 1950s, a distinction was made between the underlying beliefs about workers – Theory X and Theory Y. Depending on which you believe, it would influence your behavior as a
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In the 1950s, a distinction was made between the underlying beliefs about workers – Theory X and Theory Y. Depending on which you believe, it would influence your behavior as a
Lazy gets a bad rap. Managing and managers can be costly to your organization’s productivity (listen to episode 2.1, The Natural Tax of Managing) and in fact less
Can you be a better manager by stepping back and letting teams manage themselves? As strange as this may sound, the answer is yes. Often managers stop all over the
