So many of us have mixed feelings about meetings, perhaps more than ever in the era of Zoom. We get frustrated when our calendars fill up with one meeting after another — yet feel left out, or even ...

Meetings often have a bad reputation. And, to be fair, they deserve it. Long-winded conversations, vague agendas, and bloated calendar invites can leave everyone wondering, “Couldn’t this have been an ...

Meetings promote collaboration, decision-making, and strategy development, all essential to business operations. However, they can also be a huge waste of time. Each year, 24 billion hours are wasted ...

This column is part of The First 90 Days, a series about how to make 2025 a year of breakout growth for your business. Meetings are essential for any organization—they are platforms for communication, ...

We are a team of writers, experimenters and researchers providing you with the best advice with zero bias or partiality. We’ve all been to pointless meetings that, in the back of our minds, we begged ...

At Business2Community, we know that many managers and business people don’t know how to run an effective business meeting – and most likely, their businesses are suffering because of it. Business ...

‘Tis the season for twinkling lights, presents under the tree, and – yep, you guessed it – meetings! In the midst of the festive chaos, navigating effective holiday meetings can seem like one daunting ...

Each weekday, in our Management Tip of the Day newsletter, HBR offers tips to help you better manage your team—and yourself. Here is a curated selection of our favorite Management Tips on leading ...

To prevent holding a meeting in which participants are unprepared, veer off track, or waste the team’s time, you should create an effective meeting agenda that sets clear expectations for what needs ...

Virtual meetings have existed since the 1990s, but their use has become more widespread and sophisticated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools and businesses switched en masse to video conferencing to ...