{"product_id":"9780997622218","title":"How to Lead an Effective Meeting (and get the results you want)","description":"It seems these days that everyone hates meetings. How many times have you heard someone say, \"We have too many meetings,\" or \"I am booked so solid every day in meetings I never have time to get anything done,\" or \"I'm back-to-back...\"\u003cp\u003eBut when you talk to people, it isn't that they hate meetings; it's that they don't like meetings in which nothing gets done. No one is sure why the meeting was called, or why half the people are in the room, or what exactly is supposed to get done, or what was decided. We complain about meetings, but we seem to attend more and more of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is for people who need to lead effective meetings, in any context. It is a blueprint for how to have your meetings work, defined as, meetings that achieve the results you want to achieve, in the meeting and afterwards. It's a how-to guide for using the time you spend planning, organizing and conducting meetings wisely. It's about getting results through meetings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy are effective meetings important?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeeting quality matters. Well-run organizations have well-run meetings. Sloppily run organizations have sloppily run meetings. What are the signs of a bad meeting? The meeting starts late. There is no agenda. The meeting runs over. No one is sure what if anything was decided or accomplished. The same meeting to discuss the same topic seems to be held over and over again. No one knows what the next steps are or who is supposed to follow up whom for what. Someone monopolizes the meeting and someone else talks in circles, while yet someone else seems to simply rephrase and repeat what has already been said.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing discourages people, whether volunteers or employees, like feeling they are wasting their time. Too many meetings waste time. They sap morale, and leave people frustrated or irritated. This is a shame, as leading an effective meeting is not rocket science once you have a blueprint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you have an allergic reaction to wasting time in meetings, this book is for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is divided into five principal sections:\u003cbr\u003e• Preparation\u003cbr\u003e• Invitation\u003cbr\u003e• Agenda\u003cbr\u003e• Delivery\u003cbr\u003e• Follow Up\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sections outline the five phases of a meeting. For your meeting to be successful (again, defined as, a meeting that achieves the results you want to achieve), you must execute each phase successfully.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeetings versus Presentations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tips in this book are intended to apply to both meetings, in which various people interact in a more-or-less informal setting, and presentations, occasions on which a speaker presents material to an audience in a structured, more-or-less formal setting. Some principles apply more directly to meetings, others to presentations. All are relevant to both.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard D. Massimilian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49785327878384,"sku":"9780997622218","price":19.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780997622218","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}