How Productive Meetings Will Improve Your Company’s Performance

Sept. 11, 2009 - PRLog -- If you are having trouble managing your staff meetings for higher performance, Seattle Biz Coach Terry Corbell provides a checklist and several tips for productive employee meetings for higher performance.

“If your workers complain about attending meetings, your company is missing opportunities for growth,” says Mr. Corbell. “About half of a company’s performance is driven by employee morale, which is aided by better communication.”

Before your next meeting, The Biz Coach explains what to do first.

“If some of your employees aren’t effective and they don’t get your vision, you likely need some one-on-one discussions,” explains Mr. Corbell. “Getting employees on your page will hinge on talking with them individually, beforehand.”

The Biz Coach says many managers make the mistake of thinking they can whip up enthusiasm by holding meetings.

“That’s not always true,” he explains. “Employee motivation is a big job and it must be primarily addressed privately in an ongoing manner.”

Mr. Corbell provides full details in his column, “How Productive Meetings Will Improve Your Company’s Performance,” on the HR page of his Web site, http://www.bizcoachinfo.com, “Proven Solutions for Maximum Results.”

The Biz Coach, as a business-performance consultant and a profit professional, has systems and strategies to relieve a company's financial stress, which includes a financial turnaround program on a pay-for-performance basis. Mr. Corbell provides complete solutions for a small retainer and one percent of the net-profit increase.

“To save clients time, I don’t necessarily have to look at firms’ books to see if they’re profitable,” says Mr. Corbell. “Usually, all is required is to watch the interactions of people before, during and after staff meetings. The body language, level of politeness, enthusiasm and the degree of employee participation in staff meetings often illustrate how profitable companies are.”

The Biz Coach says that’s important because highly motivated employees will drive brand equity. Employees with healthy self-esteem and morale will be collaborative. They’ll deliver strong performances and will be more enthusiastic with your customers.

Mr. Corbell has written 450+ business-coaching columns since 2001 for several media Web sites. He currently writes an Internet business-coaching column, The Biz Coach, for the Money News page at Seattle's KIRO, the "2009 National Edward R. Murrow Award Winner for Overall Excellence."

He is a member of Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW).

The Biz Coach Web site was recently developed by Solid Technology, www.solidtechnology.com, of Portland.

Mr. Corbell is managing member of CMS Associates LLC, http://www.cmsassociatesllc.com.

The Biz Coach was honored when The New York Times featured him twice. For some of his other business tips, simply Google each of these headlines:

• Been There... Done That... Here's How

• Advice on Taking an Entrepreneurial Leap

Mr. Corbell is writing a book tentatively entitled, “How to Watch Your Back in the Jungle – Avoiding Business Predators.”

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Terry Corbell, The Biz Coach, is a profit professional and business-performance consultant. He is a longtime media columnist, and publishes performance-enhancing strategies at http://www.bizcoachinfo.com, "Proven Solutions for Maximum Profits."