Making Meetings Work is a short book which aims to help people chair meetings better – meetings of all kinds from community playgroups to conferences and dinners to large corporate Boards. The book is based on the personal experience of a professional working chair over many years. The book is aimed at younger men and women who are beginning to chair their first meetings, and also at more experienced chairs who want to develop their skills.
The interaction method is a new, tested way to stop wasting time and get things done at meetings. The interaction method: ·Increases productivity up to 15 percent; ·Works whether...
Based on extensive studies of people who run successful meetings, this book is an excellent practical resource.
Chairing A Meeting -- Chairing Small Meetings -- Chairing Company Board Meetings: What Is The Board For?
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... insight , and anecdotes : Massimo Rapparini , Scott Wharton , Matthieu Beucher , Charles Kergaravat , Kori Christensen , Dan Hawkins , Bridget Fletcher , Michael Shehane , Karen Hills , Christine Vucinich , and Shannon Heath .
"This is a great book . . . a short guide to making meetings work. There are excellent sections on agenda setting, managing the meeting, communicating, and concluding."--"Training Journal."
This book shows that the value of group decision making lies in its ability to bring together people with a variety of different expertise and experiences.
Preface -- Setting the meeting stage -- So many meetings and so much frustration -- Get rid of meetings? no, solve meetings through science -- Evidence-based strategies for leaders -- The image in the mirror is likely wrong -- Meet for 48 ...
One in a series of guides offering expert advice for managers, this book describes techniques for maximising one's time (both before and during meetings), clarifying aims, to improve the performance of everyone involved in the meeting ...
Anderson offers useful techniques for conducting interactive, productive meetings in today's high-involvement, team-oriented organisations - from meeting openers, through ways of organising presentations, to ending meetings with a call for...