Reid Hastie writes in the NY Times about effective meeting strategies and why they are valuable skills:
"The main reason we don’t make meetings more productive is that we don’t value our time properly. The people who call meetings and those who attend them are not thinking about time as their most valuable resource ... Time is the most perishable good in the world, and it is not replenishable. You can’t earn an extra hour to use on a busy day."
Read about his meeting strategies here »
Several techniques you can use to make better time estimates. I like the 'fudge ratio' concept ...
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2008/05/how-to-make-accurate-time-estimates/
"Presenting your work to a client is tricky. Don’t push back and it can be watered down into something you no longer believe in. Push back too hard and the client might bail. In this article Dennis Eusebio offers tips on how to strike the right balance based on his own experiences."
"At the company I work for, we use collaborative work sessions in almost every project. Work sessions—an immersive team experience where ideas are discovered and articulated—can be a powerful design tool. When used at critical points in the design process, these sessions build strong, respectful relationships. Since clients directly experience the design work, you don’t need to sell clients on an idea—they were with you the whole time."
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/getoutfrombehindthecurtain
3point7 designs post a great resource list: "I have found a dozen tools that will help you manage your time, projects, and company with out costing you a penny."
http://www.3point7designs.com/blog/2007/05/23/best-free-projecttime-management-tools/
