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Dealing with Meetings – Part 2
Workplace English

Dealing with Meetings – Part 2

Dealing with meetings (Part 2) Last week, in part 1, we looked at input and delivery. This week, we will be looking at maintaining good relationships.  Maintaining good relationships

Dealing with Meetings – Part 1
Workplace English

Dealing with Meetings – Part 1

Dealing with meetings (Part 1)  In today’s demanding workplace, meetings are a regular feature of everyone’s schedule. So how can we ensure that our attendance helps to achieve the aims that have been set? The answer lies in careful preparation, and there are several points to consider.

Make Business Travel Better
Advice Columnist

Make Business Travel Better

Despite the common misconception surrounding business travel, travelling for work is not always fun or exciting. In fact, researchers in a joint study conducted by the University of Surrey and Linnaeus University found three negative consequences to the high volume of work travel many professionals endure: physiological, psychological or emotional, and social. Unfortunately, in the age of global work streams and hypermobility, business travel will only continue to rise, but there are ways to combat the adverse effects and make business travel better.

The personal touch
Career Coaching & Guidance

The personal touch

Last week, we discussed how important it is to maintain personal connections as well as your virtual networks, writes Marc Burrage.

Tedious meetings are wasting time
Career Coaching & Guidance

Tedious meetings are wasting time

I’ve just joined a company and our boss loves really long meetings to rehash everything. I’ve figured out that these plus follow-up reports, take up two days …