How to Pass the Time in Boring Meetings without Being Obvious

Running staff meetings is a routine business activity. This is a time to fully engage your staff in order to increase productivity. Use this also as a means to increase effective communication in the office. Staying on top of things helps to stave off emergencies and reduce the number of problems. Holding regular staff meetings should lead to...

Dear Lifehacker, I have to sit through meetings every day. Some of them last for hours. They are boring. They are unnecessary. They are mandatory. By the time I'm done I've lost my will to work. What can I do to keep myself from dying a slow death at a conference table?
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Meeting people for the first time can be uncomfortable, especially when the conversation isn't flowing. Making small talk can work temporarily, but you'll probably end up in awkward silence. The Happiness Project's Gretchen Rubin offers strategies to try next time you're meeting someone new and your mind goes blank.
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With the majority of your work time spent in business meetings, how can you make them more productive? Here are 10 ideas.

A couple of weeks ago I attended one of the most memorable and spiritual sacrament meetings I’ve experienced in my twenty years as a Mormon. Why don’t we do this kind of thing more often?

Bored at work? You probably don't experience slow days too often, but when you do, you'll want to make the most of that time.
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