meetings - Patti Cotton https://patticotton.com Executive Coach & Career Strategist Tue, 28 Apr 2020 22:23:09 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 https://patticotton.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/favicon-136x150.png meetings - Patti Cotton https://patticotton.com 32 32 Strengthening Culture with a Remote Workforce https://patticotton.com/strengthening-culture-with-a-remote-workforce/ https://patticotton.com/strengthening-culture-with-a-remote-workforce/#respond Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:00:11 +0000 https://patticotton.com/?p=9047 How do you retain your company culture when you have a remote workforce? Retaining who you are and what is important to you as a company is more challenging when you aren’t in the same physical space on a regular basis. Yet, many companies with international teams and other remote situations have been successfully enjoying […]

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]]> https://patticotton.com/strengthening-culture-with-a-remote-workforce/feed/ 0 5 Ways to Cut Your Meeting Time in Half https://patticotton.com/5-ways-to-cut-your-meeting-time-in-half/ https://patticotton.com/5-ways-to-cut-your-meeting-time-in-half/#respond Wed, 17 Jul 2019 11:00:46 +0000 https://patticotton.com/?p=8683 Ask anyone in management about how much they love meetings, and I can guarantee you will hear a loud groan. Chief complaints are that there are too many, they waste time, and little gets accomplished during these. A top upset is when meetings rehash the same agenda items without any move forward. How can you […]

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]]> https://patticotton.com/how-to-revitalize-your-team-meetings/feed/ 0 Five Tips for Taking Control of a Hijacked Meeting https://patticotton.com/five-tips-taking-back-control-hijacked-meeting/ https://patticotton.com/five-tips-taking-back-control-hijacked-meeting/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:00:34 +0000 https://patticotton.com/?p=2916 You have called the meeting to order, and you have much to review with your staff. You’ve promised to adjourn at the top of the hour, so you dive in at a fast clip. As you introduce the first topic, one of the meeting participants interrupts you in mid-sentence, and dives into active monologue about […]

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