No Magic Formula:

Time is difficult to explain. When looking for a dictionary explanation, time is described as "the general term for the experience of duration." But what is duration?

We have contradictory ways of speaking about time. We think of time as a quantity. It is something we waste, sp...

First of all, treat your meeting like a presentation. The first part should be the delivery of the message and the second should include a quick, time-limited Q-and-A and the definition of action items.

Then, as speaker coach Diane DiResta recommends,

It is a deliberate approach to relationship building that enables us to:

1. prioritize our most important ones,
2. focus on the quality over the quantity of our connections,
3. engage in networking activities in...