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Holding Your Own in Meetings, but Working As a Team
"Meetings . . . are rather like cocktail parties. You don't want to go but you're cross not to be asked." Jilly Cooper
The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself. Bernard Baruch
Many a good idea has been smothered to death by words. no attribution.
Sometimes I get the feeling that the two biggest problems in America today are making ends meetand making meetings end. Robert Orben
Meetings can bring the world to peaceor kill 15 hours a week for even the best time manager. Communicating ideas and creating solutions as a team take the best of attention and skill. These guidelines will help you lead and participate in team discussions both to contribute and evaluate ideas.
Tip 356: To meet or not to meetstudy the question.
How many times have you accepted an invitation to a lunch meeting only to realize that you spent an hour and a half on something that could have
