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Productivity, Managing Meetings, and Managing Your Time
Ever wonder how much non-productive time leaks away from people at work, involved in meetings? If it didn't take so long to measure wasted time, it would probably be pretty startling. You can't eliminate all "wasted time" because some of it isn't actually wasted (e.g. discussions in staff meetings have value, at least sometimes), but properly structured meetings and proper use of time management can result in saving a worthwhile amount of time each and every day.
- One More Meeting & I'll Scream (And What To Do About It) Well, there you go. If you can't stand meetings, check this out. If you want to improve your meetings, then check this out. If you find learning about meetings, heck, check this out. There are only five such persons on the planet, but this is for you!
- Effective Meetings - Meeting Management Problems & How To Fix Them There are not a lot of different things that can go wrong in meetings, but they sure seem to go wrong a whole lot of the time. Here's some tips on the common meeting management issues and how they should be handled.
- Use "Flex Meetings" To Improve Communication & Increase Productivity It's possible to save time, and even increase morale by using flex meetings. What are they? You'll have to read the article to find out.
- More Time Management Tactics For Busy People Some tips on time management, but here's a thought. Ever wonder if the time we call "wasted time" is often not wasted at all, but serves other goals and purposes? Just wondering.
- Staunching The Paper Flow - Time Management Tips Computers are supposed to save our forests and reduce the flow of paper, but often they don't. Many people are still inundated with physical files and paperwork, so here are some tips.
- When Enough Is Enough (Work, that is) Is it possible that we would actually be more productive if we disconnected from our machines more often, and stopped work? Probably.
- Technology And Productivity--Why We Get One Without The Other One of my favorite topics because historically, technology, and yes, even computers, have not increased the productivity of white collar workers. You'd think they should help, but the data on productivity doesn't seem to demonstrate time savings. Perhaps it's that we aren't measuring properly, but there's no doubt in my mind that work expands to exceed available time, AND that technology brings with it, it's own "productivity hits".