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7 Easy Ways to Help Streamline Business Meetings

For those reasons, Strategic Meetings Management Program (SMMP) is an important concept for you to know. In basic terms, SMMP means coming up with a clear plan for managing your business meetings to stay on-task and productive. Once you have a plan, you can communicate it to your team.

Create an SMMP meeting plan incorporating these seven ways to help streamline business meetings and keep them strategic, consistent and productive.

What is the Optimal Startup Office Setup?

Designing a work environment that will mobilize an organization towards success is one of the most important (and exciting) phases in a startup. While a simplistic startup office setup that focuses on the bare essentials can cut costs and promote employee focus, the increasing popularity of glitzy startup offices that offer a homier feel indicates that even professional environments require a creative touch.

Here are seven tips that will help to ensure your business is a success:

  1. Have a written plan. …
  2. Don’t marry your plan. …
  3. Keep your ego in check and listen to others. …
  4. Keep track of everything, and manage by the numbers. …
  5. Delegate to employees and avoid micromanaging them. …
  6. Use the Internet. …
  7. Reinvent your business.

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