A Guide To All-Hands Meetings: Why You Should Have Them And One Reason Not To

Even with the pervasive anti-meeting bias in companies today, the all-hands meeting — sometimes referred to as a town hall — is likely the second-most important meeting that you should be having. Your leadership team meeting takes the top spot. After all, if there’s no coordination there, then there’s no need to gather everyone for an all-hands.

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Say These 7 Words When Employees Bring You Their Problems

Imagine that one of your employees walks into your office and says “Boss, we’ve got a huge problem with the ACME account; they’re angry and I think we might lose their business!” This is one of those situations that rightly spikes a leader’s blood pressure. But as much as the wrong response risks losing the ACME account, the wrong response also risks ruining the effectiveness, accountability and future growth of your employee. So, in responding to the problem our employee just brought us, we’ve got a few different options, from worst to best.

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