Warning, Mark, don't read this blog when your blood pressure is high. It won't help.
She tries to soft peddle this advice with advice on how to avoid boring conference calls, but the fact she even advises some of these things just boggles the mind.
Warning, Mark, don't read this blog when your blood pressure is high. It won't help.
She tries to soft peddle this advice with advice on how to avoid boring conference calls, but the fact she even advises some of these things just boggles the mind.
Yep, saw that!
I saw that in one of the aleert mails I get each day, haven't clicked through yet, and thought about the comments on MT about conference calls.
I think I've commented before that I'm not sure if BNet is a business site or a humour site with a business focus. I'm still not sure. Sometimes they seem quite sensible but then there'll be an article recommending some outlandish practice.
Stephen
Edit to Add: Just skimmed it #10 (do push/sit ups) probably isn't that bad although I wouldn't suggest going that far. If you can do so then standing up from your chair, stretching, maybe a little light walkign on the spot can be a good idea. If someone is essentially delivering a long monologue it can get a bit hyponotic and cause the listener's mind to lose concentration. Standing and stretching periodically gets the blood moving and can help to reassert concentration.
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Not sure if Mark would endorse that activity, but it seems like the kind of thing that might allow you to continue to focus on the subject at hand. But most of the suggestions in this article were reading or writing of some sort, and anything like that completely occupies your mind (no way to listen to the call). I think Mark recommends standing during phone interviews with notes laid out, etc. so I can see how stretching your legs may actually make you a more energetic participant.
But either way, I do sympathize with the sentiment. I'm sure we've all been on calls where we really needed to participate for 5 minutes but were captive for an hour or more.