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The #1 Killer of Meetings (And What You Can Do About It)
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The #1 Killer of Meetings (And What You Can Do About It)
Meeting management Digital Article“That was dreadful. Not only was I bored, everyone else was bored too. Disengaged. I’m terrible at facilitating these kinds of meetings. But they’re so important. I’ve got to get better at it. I need to find a better way.” I wrote that in a journal entry about seven years ago. I still remember the […] -
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