by Deanna Maio | Dec 19, 2025 | Building & Leading Your Team, Productivity & Time Management, Tools to Train Your Team
When you work as a manager to a group of team members, what is the most important goal? There may be a variety of answers, but the one that we place at the top of the list is building a solid relationship. When you know your team members as individuals with their own...
by Deanna Maio | Dec 18, 2025 | Building & Leading Your Team, Planning, Productivity & Time Management
When planning an effective meeting agenda, your main action steps will be to: Choose a topic Set the goals of the meeting Determine the duration, time and location of the meeting Set the objectives of the meeting Determine the non-objectives of the meeting, so you do...
by Deanna Maio | Dec 17, 2025 | Building & Leading Your Team, Planning, Productivity & Time Management
Once you decide to host a meeting, you might decide to invite everyone you think needs to know about the information you are going to be sharing. This is not the best approach, however, if you wish to have a successful meeting in which valuable business goals will be...
by Deanna Maio | Dec 16, 2025 | Building & Leading Your Team, Planning, Productivity & Time Management
Not having a meeting agenda is a bit like driving on a road without a map. You know where you started from, but where are you going? What will be the best route to take in order to arrive at your chosen destination? Any meeting you plan should help you decide on these...
by Deanna Maio | Dec 15, 2025 | Goals & Motivation, Planning, Productivity & Time Management
Creating an agenda is crucial to the success of any business meeting. An agenda will determine the form and structure of the meeting so you can plan what will be accomplished. Once you have determined that, you can decide how long the meeting should last and who the...