Dr. Gary Carlson

Crystal, Get aways work if you can leave your work at home. The balance of your life with exercise, healthy living, mental activity and spiritual rejuvenation is the key. Dr. Gary Carlson

Robert, Meetings are meant to be for a direct purpose of disseminating information and direction. If your meetings are for input consideration should be given to wether you need a single meeting for the topic or not. Ad hoc committees to report back t the main committee helps with time and substance. I have used ad hoc committees for topics that need research and more time. Dr. Gary Carlson

Nicole, Good for you in knowing what works for you. Remember to have a balanced life with leisure mental acitivity, exercise, healthy lifestyle and spiritual rejuvenation. Dr. Gary Carlson

Nicole, Good for you in knowing what works for you. Remember to have a balanced life with leisure mental acitivity, exercise, healthy lifestyle and spiritual rejuvenation. Dr. Gary Carlson

David, Stress may be difficult if it is a trauma in your life. Your stres can be draining on your day to day activity. It is important to protect your health by practicing a healthy life. A regular program of exercise, good health habits, leisure mental activity and spiritual rejuvenation will help with protecting your health from stress.

David, There is are good stresses and bad. The bad are attributable to some trauma event. Addressing these events put your best stress practices to work. If you haven't had this event happen yet you are lucky. But when it does remember what you have learned. Dr. Gary Carlson

eric, There are different types of meetings. They are: information, direction,brainstorming and strategy meetings. Each meeting has its own character. If your meeting is strictly information and direction very little discussion is necessary. If anything comes up of interest or glitches you can form a sub-committee to research the issue to report at the next meeting. The importance for the participants is good time management and to get the information communicated. There are new ways of having meetings with the technology available today. Dr. Gary Carlson

William, You are definitely correct. There are many modems of communication we can use to conduct courses, meetings and activities. I personally work with colleges covering the United States and Europe. I am weekly communicating through Skype, Got to Meeting and Webcast. Dr. Gary Carlson

William, All meetings should be very aware of time constraints of the participants. The main atmosphere for participants is to make it safe. Participants should not feel intimidated by others or the leader. All items should be dealt with in a professional manner. Meetings are of two kinds professional or unprofessional. The meetings of the second kind are the ones where the issues get out of hand and time management is lost. Dr. Gary Carlson

William, Meetings with agendas should mean time, space and outcomes should be planned. Glitches could come up but when they do it is time for plan B which can be of many different forms. If it is a management decision and is being communicated for information there is no need for plan B. If it is internal and needs more research you should move it off the agenda until more research has been done. Dr. Gary Carlson