effective meetings Archives

5 Ways To Make Your Meetings More Productive

by Karin Hurt | Apr 16, 2014 | By Karin Hurt, Career & Learning, Communication | 25 comments

I texted my colleague: “do you think we both need to attend the 3pm meeting?” He quickly shot back: “Karin, I don’t think anyone needs to go to that meeting. Don’t worry, I’ll represent both of us.” And there we were two...

3 Reasons Your Meeting is a Waste of Time

by Karin Hurt | Mar 27, 2013 | By Karin Hurt, Communication | 14 comments

“Okay, we need everyone’s full attention so here are the meeting rules. No texting. No sidebars. Full participation.” If you have to start your meeting with ultimatums, something is wrong. Sure you could scold the team into paying attention. Better...

The Scary Secret to Great Meetings

by Karin Hurt | Dec 17, 2012 | By Karin Hurt, Results & Execution | 2 comments

The first time it happened, I was devastated. After all the hard work on building relationships. All that investment in the team. All that transparency. All that work to create a level-less organization. Why had my direct report team started holding...

Are Your Meetings Effective? Measure Your Meeting “Net Promoter Score”

by Karin Hurt | Nov 8, 2012 | By Karin Hurt, Results & Execution | 9 comments

Do you run effective meetings? When was the last time someone left one of your meetings and told everyone, “that was a GREAT meeting. You’ve really got to come next time.” Do you have a good sense of what they are saying? Would they come if they had...