Meetings

Meetings are here to stay, whether we want to agree with the term or not, each year we’re spending more and more of our working day attending meetings. What’s even worse is how unproductive these meetings tend to be.

What do business meetings and dinner parties have in common? The guestlist will make or break the event.

You didn’t work as diligently as you have to be second guessed. When you finally earned your position as CEO, you thought distrusting superiors and colleagues would become a relic of your early career.

As leaders we all know that feeling of not wanting to go to a difficult meeting and that we’d rather be anywhere else! It’s par for the job, so we must model calm, high standards and belief in the organisation’s purpose to keep the team on…

Remote working is becoming more and more of a staple in modern business. The demands of a 24-hour world mean our working hours need to become increasingly flexible.

The desired attributes and expectations of a non-executive director (NED) are various, and can often depend on factors such as sector or size of business.

Japan is a beautiful cultural jewel. And Asia, in particular Japan and China, is a top priority market for many western businesses, meaning CEOs are in and out daily. If you do happen to be travelling that way, CEO Today has put together a…

Bipul Sinha, Co-Founder and CEO of Rubrik, regularly invites all his 1200 employees around the globe to take part in his board meetings. But surely that’s a little too many? Here Bipul explains his motives, which all in all, boil down to an…

According to Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, every meeting should start in silence to give everyone a chance to read documents thoroughly and facilitate a more focused discussion. Whereas Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, insists if a meeting isn’t…

Tim Cadman, General Manager at the Copthorne Hotel, Sheffield UK, has spent 32 years working in the hospitality sector. From exhibitions and award ceremonies, to conferences and sports events Tim has worked on them all. Here, Tim lists five…