Facilitating countless strategic planning meetings has taught me many positive lessons. Among them is the power of starting out with an agreed upon set of meeting ground rules. Getting agreement on ...

Buy-in on communication ground rules from everyone – starting at the top of the company org chart – is imperative to foster an open, collaborative, respectful work environment that contributes to the ...

It’s helpful to start a meeting by agreeing on procedural rules, like “start on time and end on time” and “put phones on vibrate.” But ground rules that focus on behavior, not just logistics, can help ...

Have you ever been in meetings where the eyes of the people in the room are staring at you and almost instantly ask you to provide direction? What are we going to do now? For less severe issues, the ...

Jeremy Miller is an investment analyst and author of Warren Buffett's Ground Rules. Warren E. Buffett was just 25-years-old in 1956 when his hero, Benjamin Graham, the lauded founder of value ...

In the beginning of a relationship, it usually feels like you'll get along perfectly and will never hurt each other. Then, slowly, before you know it, you're treating each other in ways you never ...

This 'contract' for parents to give to their tween or teen, along with their first smartphones, creates support and boundaries.