NIFT PG 2014 Question Paper with solutions

  You should not schedule meetings that last more than an hour, or 90 minutes at the most. There are tremendous diminishing returns in lengthier meetings. When you only have an hour, you don’t waste time on non-productive tangents. You also need to think about how you structure the meeting. When meeting materials arrive in your email five minutes before the meeting starts, it’s a signal that the person in charge hasn’t laid the groundwork. There should be adequate time in advance for everyone to prepare for a thoughtful discussion. All meetings should have an effective close. People should think, “What are the to-dos and who’s going to do them?” Senior executives tend to think that they can accomplish this by just telling people what to do. But there’s a big difference between assigning a task to be completed by next Tuesday and introducing a challenge, getting buy-in on addressing that challenge, and having everyone come together on a way it can get done by a mutually agreed deadline. When it comes to reading, determine which information is most important to you. I’ve worked with a number of high-school students, and what I tell them about writing is just as valid for managers: begin with an outline. It keeps you from getting halfway through and not knowing where you should go from there.