Business Meeting Objectives. The purpose of a business meeting is to address issues that affect company operations and productivity. Those issues could be positive, or they could be challenges ...

Even though he doesn’t see customers face to face, he enjoys regular meetings to understand their challenges and needs. “If you don’t have the conversation, you don’t know anything about ...

Avoid conflict -- a business meeting with others is not the appropriate place to resolve personal disagreements. Keep your interactions professional, on target and to the point.

Meetings can be exorbitant time suckers. In fact, a study published recently in Harvard Business Review that tracked 27 CEOs at large public companies over 13 weeks found they spent about 72 ...