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by Alf Nucifora
I've just endured a solid week of back-to-back meetings from the all-day marathons to the grab-a-sandwich quickies. On many an occasion I found myself undergoing the proverbial out-of-body experience, the surreal state where one floats above or to the side of the room and asks the question, "What am I doing here?"
It doesn't have to be that way. We have to force people...friends, peers, and fellow workers to appreciate the value of time. It demands discipline, constant reinforcement and in many cases downright chastisement and disapproval. For the frustrated and suffering who are ready to lay down the law, I give you, Alf's Meeting Code of Conduct, guaranteed to speed the discourse, improve the quality of decision-making and curb the meandering tendencies of the aimless and the unprepared. In the spirit of true disclosure, please note that most of the following advice surfaced from a musty file, lacking an author's name, yet is as relevant today as the day it first went into the file.
Alf Nucifora is a speaker who believes that great speeches expand the listener's mind, challenge beliefs and demand them to embrace the notion of change...in attitude, behavior and performance. Alf entered the advertising and marketing business on the corporate side, working for two Fortune 500 companies, first in Australia and then in the United States. He then made the move to the advertising business and later advanced into agency management. Currently, he serves as principal of a marketing consulting firm, having "retired" from the responsibilities as Chairman of the Southeast office of a $310 million advertising agency in 1990. Find out more at http://www.nucifora.com/index.html.