Length Doesn’t Matter — Resolution Does
Your emails must not be longer than 200 words. Meetings should be 20 minutes long tops. Your LinkedIn posts must fit into one mobile screen if you want people to notice them. We are led …
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Schedule Longer Meetings
This is not a mistake. Nor is it clickbait. When meetings are designed to meet a predefined goal, shorter is not always better. In fact, if you have a meaningful goal and a meeting is …
Why Meet-Less Monday Does Not Work
People are frustrated with workplace meetings. Most people are. They feel they have too many of them and that these time-wasting meetings prevent them from doing their job. The real job they are paid to do. This …
The Perfect Email Subject
One of the most acute problems in the way we communicate at work is we are constantly bombarded with emails. Leave your inbox unattended for an hour, and it is likely to get cluttered with …
Toy Story, Part 1: Mr. Potato Head
Mr. Potato Head is fun to play with. It is most fun when you first come across one, and you realize that you can create different, even crazy, figures with it using nothing more than …
Don’t Leave Your Audience Behind
We communicate to share our ideas and co-create. It doesn’t matter if we write a public article or an email to our colleagues; our goal is to take our thoughts and pass them on to …
Your Presentation Should Come Last, Part 3
In the past two editions, I argued that presentations don’t make our meetings effective. They mightbe helpful, but they should be the last thing we consider when preparing a meaningful discussion. After we define what we …
Your Presentation Should Come Last, Part 2
Yesterday, I argued that presentations don’t make our meetings effective. They might be helpful, but they should be the last thing we consider when preparing an important discussion. So, how should we prepare for a meeting if …