Pity the Woodpecker— Making Meetings Productive

Pity the woodpecker. Its full-time job is banging its head against a tree just to get a single bug if it's lucky, only to have to go to another tree and bang its head again to get another one. Many leaders and staff feel like the woodpecker when it comes to meetings—they often don't produce much in the way of results and the process is painful.  It doesn't have to be that way. Here is some advice that might work to help make your meetings less painful and more productive.