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LEADx Interview

Dick had the pleasure of chatting with Kevin Kruse on The LEADx Show about how best to end meetings. > PODCAST > READ AT FORBES

A Conversation With Rick Maurer about The Meeting Canoe

Dick Axelrod talks with Rick Maurer, host of The Energy Bar Podcast, about the merits of The Meeting Canoe.

New Video Course from Dick and Emily Axelrod

In as little as five minutes, get answers to your most vexing meeting problems. Take this course by yourself–or better yet take it with your team–and walk away with new ways to […]

Stuck in Your Car for a Long Commute?

Let’s Stop Meeting Like This: Tools to Save Time and Get More Done is now available as an audio CD. Read by Wes Bleed, former news anchor for WGN Radio in Chicago, […]

Are Your Meetings Smart Meetings?

Just as a SMART phone does more than make phone calls, a SMART Meeting does more than start and end on time. SMART meetings: Increase collaboration Resolve critical business issues Spark creativity […]

Four Causes of Unproductive Meetings and What to Do about Them

1. Unclear Purpose Meeting participants are unclear about the purpose of the meeting or what they want to accomplish. Before holding a meeting, ask yourself what you want to be different for […]

Meetings Got You Down? You Are Not Alone

The knee-jerk response to these statistics is to eliminate unnecessary meetings. (HBR Meeting Decision Tree) We agree that makes sense. But if that is all you do, all you have is fewer […]

An Interview with Dick Axelrod: Creating Productive Team Meeting Practices in Organisations

How do we create productive team meetings where work gets done and relationships are built? Hear from Dick Axelrod as he shares his Meeting Canoe framework to guide us in designing team […]

Ask These 12 Questions to Help You Hold More Productive Business Meetings

Insights from a new book — Let’s Stop Meeting Like This by Dick and Emily Axelrod — can help you assess if your meetings are broken–and provide you with proper techniques to […]