[Puddleglum]

I have been in business/technical writing for years, and it seems that companies want to do everything but PAY for sound writing skills.

I have found that one thing lacking in business today is meeting skills. I have attended too many meetings where the talk is big but people leaving wondering what was decided and what specific tasks need to be accomplished by, well, the next meeting.

A transient workforce and management obsessed by quarterly rather than long-term goals lead to this sort of aimlessness and lack of verbal (and mental) clarity.

[FreedomPoster]

Excellent point. Basics like a meeting agenda beforehand and meeting minutes afterwards are not so basic, it seems. Nor is showing up on time.