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HBR Guide to Making Every Meeting Matter (HBR Guide Series)

Author Harvard Business Review
Release Date: 2016/11/01
ISBN: 9781633692183
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Book Description

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.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series Page
  3. Title Page
  4. HBR Press Quantity Sales Discounts
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Preface: The Condensed Guide to Running Meetings
  8. Section One. Prepare
    1. 1. Do You Really Need to Hold That Meeting?
    2. 2. Stop Calling Every Conversation a “Meeting”
    3. 3. If You Can’t Say What Your Meeting Will Accomplish, You Shouldn’t Have It
    4. 4. How to Design an Agenda for an Effective Meeting
    5. 5. The Key to Shorter, Better Meetings
    6. 6. The 50-Minute Meeting
    7. 7. The Magic of 30-Minute Meetings
    8. 8. Meetings Need a Shot Clock
    9. 9. Are There Too Many People in Your Meeting?
  9. Section Two. Conduct
    1. 10. Before a Meeting, Tell Your Team That Silence Denotes Agreement
    2. 11. Establish Ground Rules
    3. 12. Reach Group Decisions During Meetings
    4. 13. The Right Way to Cut People Off in Meetings
    5. 14. Dealing with People Who Derail Meetings
    6. 15. Refocus a Meeting After Someone Interrupts
  10. Section Three. Participate
    1. 16. Polite Ways to Decline a Meeting Invitation
    2. 17. How to Interject in a Meeting
    3. 18. Stuck in a Meeting from Hell? Here’s What to Do
    4. 19. 7 Ways to Stop a Meeting from Dragging On
    5. 20. When Your Boss Is Terrible at Leading Meetings
  11. Section Four. Close and Follow Up
    1. 21. The Right Way to End a Meeting
    2. 22. Don’t End a Meeting Without Doing These 3 Things
  12. Section Five. Specific Types of Meetings
    1. 23. What Everyone Should Know About Running Virtual Meetings
    2. 24. How to Run a Great Virtual Meeting
    3. 25. Conduct a Meeting of People from Different Cultures
    4. 26. Making Global Meetings Work
    5. 27. Give Your Standing Meetings a Makeover
    6. 28. How to Do Walking Meetings Right
    7. 29. Stand-Up Meetings Don’t Work for Everybody
    8. 30. Leadership Summits That Work
  13. Appendix A: Meeting Preparation Checklist
  14. Appendix B: Sample Agendas
  15. Appendix C: Meeting Follow-Up Checklist
  16. Appendix D: Sample Follow-Up Memo
  17. Appendix E: Digital Tools to Make Your Next Meeting More Productive
  18. Index
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