My personal office is a nice size but not big enough for a separate round conference table. I do have a separate conference room which offers a good setting with no distractions; however, it includes a 10 foot conference room table with 10 chairs around it. Any suggestions as to how I should address that?

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Last updated: 20 Nov, 2019

It’s not imperative to do this immediately, but as soon as you can make it work, sell your desk and replace it with a round table. Work at this round table when you don’t have clients in your office and when you do have clients transition to your client meeting workspace.

For many years my “desk” has been a medium size oval dining room table. It works great.

In the meantime, use the end of the conference table in the conference room you described.


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