What is the Purpose of a Meeting?

group sitting a business meetingVIDEO TRANSCRIPT What is the Purpose of a Meeting? So, what's the purpose of holding a meeting? Well for me, it's pretty simple. I want to collaborate with people. I believe this strongly; “we are smarter than me.” So, what does that mean? So, no matter how smart I think I am, the collective—the information [...]

Meetings. Too Many? Or, Do They Just Suck?

employee suffering through a meeting that sucksVIDEO TRANSCRIPT Too Many Meetings? Or, Do the Meetings Just Suck? Every time I go into a new organization, the number one complaint that I get from the—from the… from the staff, from the people that work there—are that “this company has too many meetings. I waste too much of my time in a meeting [...]

Are You a Manager or a Leader?

business leader working with her teamVIDEO TRANSCRIPT Are You a Manager or a Leader? So, I get a lot asked a lot about the difference between management and leadership. I think people need both; organizations need both. You need managers to get things done and you need leadership to get people to want to do more stuff. So, a leader [...]

Moving from Peer to Becoming the Boss

new manager becoming the bossVIDEO TRANSCRIPT Moving from Peer to Boss One of the most difficult things that happens to people in their careers is moving from a peer to a boss. So, the problems with that—there's quite a few—one, typically you don't get any training. You're really good at the function, so they put you into this new [...]