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8 Ways to Avoid Pointless Meetings

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Smith is a disciple of agile project management, a standard among software development firms. Thought leader Nilofer Merchant got a lot of buzz in 2013 for her TED Talk extolling the virtues of the walking meeting. Make meetings uncomfortable. If the meeting isn’t focused to begin with, removing chairs may not do much good.

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Inside the Edinburgh PA Network

Practically Perfect PA

Amy : I am currently an Executive Assistant at Skyscanner to the CTO, Director Engineering, Director of Project Management and the Director of HR. Sherien : Being awarded the PA Executive Magazine/Hays Award ‘1 st runner up for the PA Newcomer of the Year’ 2013 Award was an amazing achievement for me.

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My 2015 Year in Review (and How a Journal Made It Easy to Do)

Productivityist

So around this time I committed to using two tools for task and project management. We went on the first big family trip we’ve had without extended family as we traveled to San Diego. We agreed that the 2012 was too sweet, that the 2014 was too “hot” (boozy but not mild), and that the 2013 was just right.

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My 2015 Year in Review (and How a Journal Made It Easy to Do)

Productivityist

So around this time I committed to using two tools for task and project management. We went on the first big family trip we’ve had without extended family as we traveled to San Diego. We agreed that the 2012 was too sweet, that the 2014 was too “hot” (boozy but not mild), and that the 2013 was just right.

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