Dealing with meetings you can't stand: meet less and do more / Meet Less and Do More

"The proven process for making the most of every business meeting --from the coauthor of the international bestseller Dealing with People You Can't Stand. From Dr. Rick Brinkman, one of the bestselling masterminds who made Dealing with People You Can't Stand a little less painful -- and a lot more productive -- comes the much-needed cure for that time-wasting, headache-inducing, soul-sucking plague known as meetings. This proven step-by-step method addresses the most common problems that derail a meeting: preparation, people, process, and time. Dr. Brinkman provides key insights into the human behaviors that lead to unsuccessful meetings, along with psychologically-based tactics for addressing them. You will learn how to: get rid of unnecessary meetings, start and end on time, develop and execute an effective agenda, address disruptive and problem behaviors, balance participation so assertive people don't dominate and passive people say what they really think, eliminate tangents and maintain focus, ensure effective follow-up This practical and easily implementable process applies to in-person as well as virtual meetings of any size. Filled with helpful checklists and change-making strategies, Dealing with Meetings You Can't Stand will turn the most boring conference room into a fast-moving model of efficiency, energy, and enthusiasm. You need not suffer in a meeting ever again."-- Provided by publisher AcknowledgmentsPart I: The Problems with MeetingsIntroduction: The Problems with Meetings We Will SolveChapter 1: Meet the Passengers: Problem Behaviors at Meetings and Their Effects Chapter 2: Holographic ThinkingPart II: Before the MeetingChapter 3: Preparing for a Meeting: Your Preflight ChecklistChapter 4: The Art of the Agenda: Your Flight PlanChapter 5: Start on Time! End on Time!Part II: During and After the MeetingChapter 6: Meet the Flight Crew: The Process PeopleChapter 7: Staying on Course with Air Traffic ControlChapter 8: Balancing Participation with Air Traffic ControlChapter 9: Visual Flight Recording: Don't Let a Good Idea Get AwayChapter 10: In-flight Entertainment: CriteriaChapter 11: In-flight Entertainment: Meeting ProcessesChapter 12: Virtual Meetings and Conference CallsChapter 13: TSA: How the Process Prevents Problem BehaviorsPart III: Implementing the Meeting JetChapter 14: Integrating the Meeting Jet Process with Robert's Rules of OrderChapter 15: Cage Rattling 101: Bringing People on Board the Meeting JetChapter 16: Finale and Next Step: How We Came to MeetAppendix: Additional ResourcesNotesIndex Part I. The problems with meetings The problems with meetings we will solve Meet the passengers: problem behaviors at meetings and their effects Holographic thinking Part II. Before the meeting Preparing for a meeting: your preflight checklist The art of the agenda: your flight plan Start on time! End on time! Part III. During and after the meeting Meet the flight crew: the process people Staying on course with air traffic control Balancing participation with air traffic control Visual flight recording: don't let a good idea get away In-flight entertainment: criteria In-flight entertainment: meeting processes Virtual meetings and conference calls TSA: how the process prevents the problem behavior Part IV. Implementing the meeting jet process Integrating the meeting jet process with Robert's Rules of Order Cage rattling 101: bringing people on board the meeting jet Finale and next step: how we came to meet.