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Book Description

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.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Part I: The Problems with Meetings
  8. Introduction: The Problems with Meetings We Will Solve
  9. 1: Meet the Passengers: Problem Behaviors at Meetings and Their Effects
  10. 2: Holographic Thinking
  11. Part II: Before the Meeting
  12. 3: Preparing for a Meeting: Your Preflight Checklist
  13. 4: The Art of the Agenda: Your Flight Plan
  14. 5: Start on Time! End on Time!
  15. Part III: During and After the Meeting
  16. 6: Meet the Flight Crew: The Process People
  17. 7: Staying on Course with Air Traffic Control
  18. 8: Balancing Participation with Air Traffic Control
  19. 9: Visual Flight Recording: Don’t Let a Good Idea Get Away
  20. 10: In-Flight Entertainment: Criteria
  21. 11: In-Flight Entertainment: Meeting Processes
  22. 12: Virtual Meetings and Conference Calls
  23. 13: TSA: How the Process Prevents the Problem Behaviors
  24. Part IV: Implementing the Meeting Jet Process
  25. 14: Integrating the Meeting Jet Process with Robert’s Rules of Order
  26. 15: Cage Rattling 101: Bringing People on Board the Meeting Jet
  27. 16: Finale and Next Step: How We Came to Meet
  28. Appendix: Additional Resources
  29. Notes
  30. Index
  31. About the Author
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