Do you recall a situation where you were asked to come up with multiple creative ideas after receiving a prompt or question? Maybe you were asked to solve a problem or find a creative way to market a new product. Typically, after providing a few ideas, we hold back and judge each one—wondering if it’s …
Category: Meetings
Shorter meetings make people happier and more productive
Why do I need to attend all these boring meetings? Can I skip this meeting today? These are typical questions that I hear all the time. “Death by meeting” is a common complaint which sooner or later leads to lowered motivation and job satisfaction. I already raised this issue 2 years ago in another post, …
Zoom fatigue: why do video calls drain your energy?
For decades, people have predicted that video conference technology will disrupt the practice of commuting daily to and from work, and will change the way people socialize. And here it is – 2020 forced us to use video conferencing tools at an ever-before unprecedented scale. In the past, it was mainly used for just a …
5 communication mistakes that cost you your good reputation at work
Here’s an example of a paradox. There are many skills every professional develops, but there is a single skill we all practice since the day we are born. It’s communication. But even though we practice it each and every day, we frequently miscommunicate. We fail to see the point, avoid difficult discussions and assume that …
Are 1-hour meetings always necessary?
When scheduling a meeting, most people spend very little time thinking about its length. Statistically, it looks like plenty of meetings are scheduled for 1 hour precisely. But why? Do we really always need 1 hour, not for instance 45 or 50 minutes? Probably not. I believe that the length of 1 hour or 30 …
How to have a productive one-on-one with your boss?
One-on-one meetings are useless. They take the quality time that could be spent on real work away from employees. That’s what you often hear about one-on-ones. But these meetings are actually crucial not only from a manager’s perspective but also from your point of view. They can help you get your career to the next …
How to organize the worst one-on-one meeting?
A one-on-one meeting, 1:1, 1 on 1, a one-to-one, a check-in, whatever you call it, it is one of the most important meetings, looking both from a manager’s perspective as well as an employee’s perspective. Unfortunately, those kinds of meetings are the subject of frequent complaints. They became the victim of corporate jokes. People treat …
How to spot a lie at a job interview?
We’re generally not good at spotting lies Let’s agree, people fail to spot lies. Studies [1] have shown that an average adult can distinguish fabrications from the truth only 54% of the time. That’s almost as good as a blind guess. It means that an average adult is not very skilled in lie detection. A …