Growing up, I had the hardest time focusing on classroom lectures. No matter how good my intentions were, my brain would inevitably wander. But I mostly did okay in school because what I am good at is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I help people advocate for themselves and leverage opportunities. Leaving an unproductive meeting or, even worse, going into a ...

Adding closed captioning is one good step, but there's much more you can do to make virtual meetings better for everyone involved. I'm an expert in software and work-related issues, and I have been ...

Early on when your team is small it’s relatively simple to manage team coordination. In fact, with only two or three people scheduled meetings are often unnecessary. However, as you grow it gets ...

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If you use Zoom as your online meeting tool, you have various features at your disposal to use. From getting things done with keyboard shortcuts to sharing your screen, I’ll give you some useful Zoom ...

There's an epidemic sweeping the country that is costing businesses millions of dollars every year -- the unproductive meeting. The average employee spends 5.5 hours in meetings every week, which adds ...

It can be difficult to teach and train and to collaborate and share in meetings. Here are some tips to help you speak up. Feel more confident when talking in your next work meeting, regardless of ...

If you don’t own a mug that says, “I survived another meeting that should have been an email,” someone else at your company does -- and for good reason. Modern companies hold too many meetings. The ...

There are all kinds of other really cool techniques that I’ve seen people deploy to get great value with Meeting Workspaces and I’ll write about them on a future post. This should help get you started ...

Love them or hate them, when it comes to the workplace, meetings are a necessity. It's often where details are sorted out and new ideas are born. But it can also be where politics and power dynamics ...