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Let's Do Lunch!

By Steve Salkin
March 01, 2024

At the beginning of February when I returned from Legalweek NY (it was great to see some of our readers and Board members there), I was lamenting to a friend (who is not in the legal or marketing industry) the fact that I didn't leave myself time for lunch while scheduling meetings and attending and moderating sessions. She said, right away, "Why didn't you make them lunch meetings?" I was dumbstruck. "I…I don't know," was all that I could stammer in reply. So it struck me: Is the lunch meeting still a thing? Is it a lost art? A lost opportunity?

"Lunch used to be where business was done," says Anthony Davies, Chief Revenue Officer for Forrest Solutions. "When we used to be in the office all five days, we would look forward to getting out, to pop out for lunch."

So now that we're back in the office for at least a couple days a week (for most of us), will we once again take advantage of that opportunity to connect with clients and colleagues?

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