Energetic Meetings: Enhancing Personal & Group Energy & Handling Difficult Behavior [Paperback]

Jeanie Marshall (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1994

Energetic Meetings is packed with information about creating a positive climate through energy awareness, transformation principles and techniques, and understanding group dynamics. When considering how to generate positive contributions, the author focuses on empowerment principles and meeting mechanics. Powerful energetic techniques are described and illustrated. Energetic Meetings includes helpful suggestions for twenty-two difficult behavior patterns, ideas about transforming difficulty into empowerment, and a list of related books.

Editorial Reviews

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"...goes far beyond the usual 'effective meetings' and group dynamics literature...An invaluable resource for managers, consultants, and facilitators." -- Thomas K. Kaney, Vice President Human Resource Development, SmithKline Beecham, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA,

"...works as both a plan of action and a reference manual for any situation where group process is engaged." -- Patricia Monaco, NAPRA ReVIEW, Eastsound, Washington, USA,

"This wise and practical book is the only resource I know that integrates...concepts with techniques..." -- Bonnie Hutchinson, Organization Consultant, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA

About the Author

Jeanie has an M.S. in Human Resource Development. She facilitates workshops and private consultations throughout the world, appears as a guest on television and radio shows, and has produced more than fifty guided visualization meditations on audio cassette tapes, and for six years produced and hosted a local television show, Return to Center. She has been actively involved in the human potential movement and organizational development for about twenty years. She is a mentor, coach, facilitator, organizational development consultant, personal development consultant, and a writer.

Product Details

• Paperback: 134 pages
• Publisher: Jemel Pub House (October 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885893000
• ISBN-13: 978-1885893000
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,841,176 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Jeanie Marshall, Author and Personal Development Consultant, offers practical strategies and techniques for your personal growth and self improvement. It's a positive place to read, explore, and find excellent personal growth and development resources.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sound, step-by-step guidance for positive meetings, October 26, 1997

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This review is from: Energetic Meetings: Enhancing Personal & Group Energy & Handling Difficult Behavior (Paperback)

Are you a beleagured group leader, suffering from energy lag, tough-to-handle participants, miscommunication, and/or confusion of purpose? If so, Jeanie Marshall's "Energetic Meetings" is for you. Weighing in at a little over 100 pages, this user-friendly volume is packed with bright ideas for handling all manner of meeting difficulties respectfully, effectively and with grace. "Energetic Meetings" is intended for gatherings of every stripe, including staff meetings, management meetings, corporate retreats, committee meetings, training programs, political gatherings, networking sessions, religious groups, and family pow-wows. Whether it's two people getting together to complete a class assignment, or a group of 300 assembling to decide the future of a major organization, Jeanie maintains that the same principles of mutual empowerment and skillful management of group energy apply. Her essential premise is "that the whole universe is composed of energy. Every person and every thing...is part of a whole, interconnected by a field of energy that is invisible to ordinary eyesight." This premise is not new. It is the foundation of Eastern mysticism, and has been popularized in the West by Fritzjof Capra ("The Tao of Physics"), Deepak Chopra ("Quantum Healing: Exploring the Frontiers of Mind/Body Medicine"), and many others. But what is new in Jeanie's presentation of this concept is its practical application to ordinary human interactions. Challenging us to go beyond old beliefs in competition, hierarchical structure, power over others, and other limiting concepts that are seen as major barriers to meaningful communication and decision-making, she provides the stepping stones to the New Paradigm in which "we allow life to happen, with a maximum of joy and a minimum of control and struggle. We receive instead of take. We collaborate instead of compete. We believe in abundance instead of lack. We seek to empower ourselves and to facilitate others' empowerment, instead of trying to take control. We put more faith in the invisible than in the visible. We know that we are interconnected. We trust our intuition." "Energetic Meetings" offers sound, step-by-step guidance for creating a positive meeting environment, for encouraging positive group interactions, and for addressing difficult behaviour such as domination, information-withholding, and argumentativeness. Chances are good that if a facilitator follows Jeanie's directives for setting the stage for a meeting, the difficult behaviour that plagues so many gatherings will occur far less frequently, if at all. Attentive readers will not be deceived by the simplicity and clarity of Jeanie's words, but will note that she is challenging group leaders and participants to leap far beyond their current beliefs about themselves and about how things work. In her generous, open-hearted, and gentle manner, Jeanie is urging all of us to operate from our highest intention and deepest integrity. Nothing less will do.