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Sep 2019
50m 34s

#101 How to master meetings

THE SQUIGGLY CAREER
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All of the data points to meetings being an increasingly ineffective way of us getting work done. In this week’s podcast, Helen and Sarah explore what’s going wrong with meetings, sharing their own experiences of the good and not so good and thoughts on common wisdom to make them better. They conclude with tips and approaches that work for them and might als ... Show More
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