Meetings Matter

Author : Paul Axtell,Timothy P. White
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0943097142

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Meetings Matter by Paul Axtell,Timothy P. White Pdf

This book will change your mind forever about that "useless" meeting you are forced to attend. Paul Axtell emphasizes that meetings are vital to the work of successful organizations--we need to master the skill sets for designing, leading, and participating in meetings. A consultant with more than 30 years in the business, Axtell outlines 8 strategies with a host of compelling ideas you can put into action immediately. This is a book for the manager who recognizes that meetings are at the core of the work you do, the supervisor who wants to be wonderful to work for, the employee who wants to contribute as much as possible, the project leader who wants every team meeting to add velocity to the project. Meetings are essential. So let's make them work.

Author : Paul Axtell
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781728229188

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Make Meetings Matter by Paul Axtell Pdf

Meetings should matter. No one wants to be called in for a meeting that could've been an email. No one wants to sit in a meeting where everyone's distracted or talking over each other. If you're going to attend or lead a meeting, don't you want it to...well, matter? Meetings are a chance to initiate a conversation with your teammates. You can communicate information with them that wouldn't have the same hold digitally. You can foster new relationships with your coworkers, and learn from their new ideas and perspectives. So why do so many people dread meetings? Because they're doing them all wrong. Change the way people think about meetings. Transform their opinions by holding a meeting that is efficient and productive, that is open and communicative, that is useful and important. Revolutionize the definition of a meeting. Learn to make them matter. Paul Axtell affirms the importance of meetings, and he redesigns them using the vital foundation of conversation. With real-life examples and actionable advice, he shows you how to design meetings for results, lead them to achieve agendas that move projects forward, and even allow time for building the relationships that make working together in a remarkable way possible. Based on his award winning efficiency training, this book will revolutionize the meeting—moving it from that dreaded obligation to a powerful way to get things done in business and in life.

Author : Paul Axtell
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781728235684

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Make Virtual Meetings Matter by Paul Axtell Pdf

Meetings should matter. Even and especially when those meetings are taking place online. No one wants to be called in for a meeting that could've been an email. No one wants to sit in a meeting where everyone's distracted by whatever else is happening on their screen, everyone is lost in the weeds, or people continue talking over each other. If you're going to attend or lead a meeting, don't you want it to...well, matter? An update to the original "Make Meetings Matter", this work is tailor made to help consumers get the most from every meeting — virtually! Meetings are a chance to initiate a conversation with your teammates. Not simply check a box on an agenda. You can foster new relationships with your coworkers, and learn from their new ideas and perspectives. So why do so many people dread meetings? Because they're doing them all wrong. Change the way people think about meetings. Transform their opinions by holding a meeting that is efficient and productive, that is open and communicative, that is useful and important. Paul Axtell affirms the importance of meetings, and he redesigns them using the vital foundation of conversation. With real—life examples and actionable advice, he shows you how to design meetings for results, lead them to achieve agendas that move projects forward, and even allow time for building the relationships that make working together in a remarkable way possible. Based on his award winning efficiency training title "Make Meetings Matter" and updated for the virtual meeting experience, this book will revolutionize the meeting—moving it from that dreaded obligation to a powerful way to get things done in business and in life.

Author : Gavin Grift
Publisher : Australian Self Publishing Group
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781922920171

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Mastering Meetings That Matter by Gavin Grift Pdf

Don’t let another unproductive meeting waste your time. Mastering Meetings that Matter is the game changing resource you need to transform your meetings from mediocre to exceptional. This guide is designed for leaders and facilitators who want to increase the relevance, impact and significance of their meetings.

Author : Marvin R Weisbord,Sandra Janoff
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2007-07-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781605093161

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Don't Just Do Something, Stand There! by Marvin R Weisbord,Sandra Janoff Pdf

This practical guide details ten key principles that will profoundly change the way you think about, organize, and lead the meetings that matter most. Rather than trying to change anyone's behavior, Weisbord and Janoff show you how to change the conditions under which people interact. By doing less, you help others do more. With examples from around the world, and practical tips and exercises in every chapter, Don't Just Do Something, Stand There! gives you many new techniques for helping people discover common ground, make productive use of dissension, and take responsibility for action.

Author : Harvard Business Review
Publisher : Harvard Business Review Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781633692183

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HBR Guide to Making Every Meeting Matter (HBR Guide Series) by Harvard Business Review Pdf

Make every minute count. Your calendar is full, and yet your meetings don’t always seem to advance your work. Problems often arise with unrealistic or vague agendas, off-track conversations, tuned-out participants who don’t know why they’re there, and follow-up notes that no one reads—or acts on. Meetings can feel like a waste of time. But when you invest a little energy in preparing yourself and your participants, you’ll stay focused, solve problems, gain consensus, and leave each meeting ready to take action. With input from over 20 experts combined with useful checklists, sample agendas, and follow-up memos, the HBR Guide to Making Every Meeting Matter will teach you how to: Set and communicate your meeting’s purpose Invite the right people Prepare an achievable agenda Moderate a lively conversation Regain control of a wayward meeting Ensure follow-through without babysitting or haranguing Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, from a source you trust. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.

Author : Antony Jay
Publisher : Harvard Business Review Press
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781633691353

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How to Run a Meeting by Antony Jay Pdf

What makes for a great meeting? As a leader, how can you keep discussions on point and productive? In How to Run a Meeting, Antony Jay argues that too many leaders fail to plan adequately for meetings. In this bestselling article, he defines the characteristics that contribute to success, from keeping formal minutes to acknowledging junior staff first. These guidelines will help you get demonstrably better results from every meeting you run. Since 1922, Harvard Business Review has been a leading source of breakthrough ideas in management practice. The Harvard Business Review Classics series now offers you the opportunity to make these seminal pieces a part of your permanent management library. Each highly readable volume contains a groundbreaking idea that continues to shape best practices and inspire countless managers around the world.

Author : Priya Parker
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780698410879

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The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker Pdf

"Hosts of all kinds, this is a must-read!" --Chris Anderson, owner and curator of TED From the host of the New York Times podcast Together Apart, an exciting new approach to how we gather that will transform the ways we spend our time together—at home, at work, in our communities, and beyond. In The Art of Gathering, Priya Parker argues that the gatherings in our lives are lackluster and unproductive--which they don't have to be. We rely too much on routine and the conventions of gatherings when we should focus on distinctiveness and the people involved. At a time when coming together is more important than ever, Parker sets forth a human-centered approach to gathering that will help everyone create meaningful, memorable experiences, large and small, for work and for play. Drawing on her expertise as a facilitator of high-powered gatherings around the world, Parker takes us inside events of all kinds to show what works, what doesn't, and why. She investigates a wide array of gatherings--conferences, meetings, a courtroom, a flash-mob party, an Arab-Israeli summer camp--and explains how simple, specific changes can invigorate any group experience. The result is a book that's both journey and guide, full of exciting ideas with real-world applications. The Art of Gathering will forever alter the way you look at your next meeting, industry conference, dinner party, and backyard barbecue--and how you host and attend them.

Author : H.B. Schwartzman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781489908858

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The Meeting by H.B. Schwartzman Pdf

In writing this book I discovered that everyone I talked to had his or her own theory about meetings, and yet there is no theory of meetings in the research literature. This makes writing about this subject both excit ing and hazardous. It is always exciting to examine the significance of something that has been ignored, but it is hazardous to write about something that everyone already thinks they understand. Without re course to the legitimacy of a research tradition, readers are likely to evaluate this study based on their own theory. I have tried to take this into account by discussing what might be referred to as American folk theory about meetings (see particularly Chapter 3), and also by juxtapos ing my own research in an American organization with research in traditional or non-Western societies as conducted by anthropologists. This juxtaposition throws into relief some of the important differences as well as similarities in views of meetings as well as the form of meetings across cultures. It is also the only way that I know to examine how and when one's cultural context is affecting one's theoretical constructions. If this book is successful, it will challenge what I believe is the most common interpretation of meetings found in American society, that is, that meetings are a blank-slate phenomenon useful as a tool for such functions as making decisions, solving problems, and resolving con flicts, but having no impact on behavior in and of themselves.

Author : Vicki Crocker Flerx
Publisher : Hazelden Publishing & Educational Services
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Bullying in schools
ISBN : 1592857221

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Class Meetings That Matter by Vicki Crocker Flerx Pdf

Author : Karen Barad
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007-07-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 082233917X

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Meeting the Universe Halfway by Karen Barad Pdf

A theoretical physicist and feminist theorist, Karen Barad elaborates her theory of agential realism, a schema that is at once a new epistemology, ontology, and ethics.

Author : Steven G. Rogelberg
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780190689216

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The Surprising Science of Meetings by Steven G. Rogelberg Pdf

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 minutes -- Agendas are a hollow crutch -- The bigger, the badder -- Don't get too comfortable in that chair -- Deflate negative energy from the start -- No more talking! -- The folly of the remote call-in meeting -- Putting it all together -- Epilogue: trying to get ahead of the science' using science -- Tool: meeting quality self-assessment -- Tool: sample engagement survey and 360 feedback questions on meetings -- Tool: good meeting facilitation checklist -- Tool: huddle implementation checklist -- Tool: agenda template -- Tool: guide to taking good meeting minutes/notes -- Tool: expectations assessment -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Index

Author : Henry M. Robert III,Daniel H. Honemann,Thomas J. Balch
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1541736699

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Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, 12th edition by Henry M. Robert III,Daniel H. Honemann,Thomas J. Balch Pdf

The only current authorized edition of the classic work on parliamentary procedure--now in a new updated edition Robert's Rules of Order is the recognized guide to smooth, orderly, and fairly conducted meetings. This 12th edition is the only current manual to have been maintained and updated since 1876 under the continuing program established by General Henry M. Robert himself. As indispensable now as the original edition was more than a century ago, Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised is the acknowledged "gold standard" for meeting rules. New and enhanced features of this edition include: Section-based paragraph numbering to facilitate cross-references and e-book compatibility Expanded appendix of charts, tables, and lists Helpful summary explanations about postponing a motion, reconsidering a vote, making and enforcing points of order and appeals, and newly expanded procedures for filling blanks New provisions regarding debate on nominations, reopening nominations, and completing an election after its scheduled time Dozens more clarifications, additions, and refinements to improve the presentation of existing rules, incorporate new interpretations, and address common inquiries Coinciding with publication of the 12th edition, the authors of this manual have once again published an updated (3rd) edition of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised In Brief, a simple and concise introductory guide cross-referenced to it.

Author : Joanna Gutmann
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0749445599

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Taking Minutes of Meetings by Joanna Gutmann Pdf

Explains the functions of minutes, the different styles, how to take them accurately, and how to listen.

Author : Jana Wendt
Publisher : Melbourne Univ. Publishing
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780522855258

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A Matter of Principle by Jana Wendt Pdf

In A Matter of Principle, Jana Wendt, one of Australia's most experienced interviewers, connects with remarkable men and women from the worlds of politics, entertainment, society, art, cinema, sport and architecture. Former US deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage, feminist Camille Paglia, screen siren Charlotte Rampling, 'starchitect' Frank Gehry, former German foreign minister Joschka Fischer, Muslim rebel Wafa Sultan, war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte and, in Australia, entertainer Rove McManus, Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty, Olympic swimming champion Shane Gould, writer David Malouf, art critic Robert Hughes and photographer Bill Henson talk to Wendt about where their values lie. Thought-provoking and engagingly revealing, Wendt shows that a life well led is A Matter of Principle.