How to avoid bad meetings and unnecessary tasks

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Full Story: [Medium (tiered subscription model)]( (12/8), [TechCrunch (tiered subscription model)]( (12/7) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [How to avoid bad meetings and unnecessary tasks]( This guide offers advice on deferring or declining unnecessary meetings, as well as a variation on the Eisenhower Matrix to spur focused decision-making -- all in the pursuit of better productivity. "People who think that you are available all the time will start to devalue you (if they haven't already)," Naphtali Hoff writes. Full Story: [SmartBrief/Leadership]( (12/8) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Read more]( from Naphtali Hoff on SmartBrief on Leadership [] Strategic Management [] [How to get risk management out of silos]( Every manager in a company is responsible for mitigating risk, writes Princess Castleberry, interim head of people and wellness at Aclaimant, who provides a blueprint for creating a cross-departmental enterprise risk management committee. 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