The Business Meetings Sourcebook : A Practical Guide to Better Meetings and Shared Decision Making

AMACOM, 2002. — 669 p. — ISBN-10: 081440670X; ISBN-13: 978-0814406700. Language: English. This is a comprehensive and practical guide to planning, launching and steering meetings to their most productive destinations. It shows the reader how to continually improve meetings with proven strategies and immediately applicable solutions. This book is an excellent resource. (Reviewed by Music Dancer - April 17, 2013). This is a companion book to "The Complete Handbook of Business Meetings." It provides plenty of resources, such as templates, checklists, evaluation criteria, etc. to help you put into practice the principles in the handbook. It is an excellent resource to go along with the handbook. I recommend that anyone who is responsible for business meetings have both these books. A well-run meeting doesn't just start on time and end on time. It also saves you time! From hammering out project goals to smoothing over differences of opinion, the purpose of a meeting is to get things done. The Business Meetings Sourcebook is a comprehensive and highly practical guide to planning, launching, and steering a meeting, on track and on time, to its most productive destination. Filled with sample scripts, a troubleshooting guide, checklists, and other tools, this rich source of ideas for continually improving meetings shows readers how * Get a superb return on their investment in meetings * Generate respect for their team's decisions * Resolve or mediate disputes among team members * Give clear feedback that spurs others to action With its wide selection of tools, The Business Meetings Sourcebook turns meetings into more positive, productive business interactions. Shared decision making (SDM) takes place when a corporate decision is made or at least influenced by more than one individual or group.