One of the things that I have learned as a 30-something professional is that business meetings are an unfortunate fact of life.  At my place of employment, I can expect to attend no fewer than 3-5 meetings a week (and I am low on this higher education food-chain). My boss attends about five per day.  We attend meetings to discuss what we’re doing, meetings to discuss what we should be doing, meetings that act more as faculty peer-mediation sessions, and meetings to discuss when we should have our next meeting.

Sometimes the meetings are interesting; sometimes I want to stick toothpicks in my eyelids to hold them open.  Regardless of the reason for the meeting, it’s generally important to at least pretend that you care, whether or not the meeting pertains to you.  Unfortun...

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