Meetings

Troubleshoot wandering minds, low engagement, and delayed decision making.

Five research-based tips.

In a virtual setting, working hard may come with playing hard.

Many executives feel overwhelmed by meetings, and no wonder: On average, they spend nearly 23 hours a week in them, up from less than 10 hours in the...

Why have a meeting anyway? Why indeed? A great many important matters are quite satisfactorily conducted by a single individual who consults nobody. A great many more are resolved by a letter, a memo, a phone call, or a simple conversation between two people. Sometimes five minutes spent with six people separately is more effective […]

A tool to waste less of your time.

It’s all about asking the right questions.

Stop the multitasking already!

Companies routinely squander their most precious resource--the time of their top executives. In the typical company, senior executives meet to discuss...

Protect your time without looking like a grump.

Twelve keys to success.

Proper preparation will save you time.

Focus on behaviors, not procedures.

Time is money.

New research finds creativity benefits.

Make a good first impression.

Look out for people who dominate the conversation.

Back in the days of Mad Men, there were clear delineations between administrative and professional roles. Secretaries, as they were then called, existed expressly to type memos, fetch coffee, serve lunch and schedule meetings. Today, the once-clear lines between administrative and professional roles have changed. While it would have been unthinkable to ask an assistant […]

Civility and respect must rule.

If your meetings are unproductive, this might be the reason.

How to be human at work. HBR's Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of...

As Brazil's energetic but fractious democracy emerged in the 1990s, the Ethos Institute launched a movement for corporate social responsibility (CSR)...

Get your best work done, no matter where you do it. Video calls from your couch. Project reports in a coffee shop. Presentations at your kitchen table....

What makes for a great meeting? As a leader, how can you keep discussions on point and productive? In "How to Run a Meeting," Antony Jay argues that too...

TerraCog, a successful privately held high-tech firm that develops GPS (global positioning system) and similar products for consumer markets, has recently...

You'll get up to speed fast on the most essential business skills with this set of concise, practical primers. "Finance Basics" explains the fundamentals...

Craig Coy, a business executive, retired Coast Guard officer, and former White House security adviser, was named executive director of the Massachusetts...

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Whether you're new to running meetings or a seasoned executive with no time to waste, leading effective (and even pleasant!) meetings is a must. "Running...

Make every minute count. Your calendar is full, and yet your meetings don't always seem to advance your work. Problems often arise with unrealistic or...

This note discusses Herbert Simon's notion of bounded rationality: how managers may sometimes make suboptimal choices because of their limited ability...

The ConvenientMD case highlights the role of emotion and ambiguity in business interactions. ConvenientMD, led by co-CEOs Gareth Dickens and Max Puyanic,...

Whether you're starting out in your career or just want a refresher on the fundamentals, the HBR Essential 20-Minute Manager Collection gives you a hand-picked...

How to be human at work. HBR's Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of...

Develop the skills you need to lead a more productive team. This three-volume digital collection offers concise, practical tips from leading experts to...

How to be human at work. HBR's Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of...

As Brazil's energetic but fractious democracy emerged in the 1990s, the Ethos Institute launched a movement for corporate social responsibility (CSR)...

Are your days full of rambling back-to-back meetings with no time to think? Do you wish you could leave conference rooms with solid decisions and action...

Effective communication is a key driver for achieving desired results on a personal or business level. Knowing how to produce written communications--proposals,...

Troubleshoot wandering minds, low engagement, and delayed decision making.

Five research-based tips.

In a virtual setting, working hard may come with playing hard.

Many executives feel overwhelmed by meetings, and no wonder: On average, they spend nearly 23 hours a week in them, up from less than 10 hours in the...

Why have a meeting anyway? Why indeed? A great many important matters are quite satisfactorily conducted by a single individual who consults nobody. A great many more are resolved by a letter, a memo, a phone call, or a simple conversation between two people. Sometimes five minutes spent with six people separately is more effective […]

A tool to waste less of your time.

It’s all about asking the right questions.

Stop the multitasking already!

Companies routinely squander their most precious resource--the time of their top executives. In the typical company, senior executives meet to discuss...

Protect your time without looking like a grump.