The Manager's Guide to Effective Meetings [Paperback]

Barbara J. Streibel (Author)

Book Description

Series: Briefcase Books Series | Publication Date: October 18, 2002

Now translated into 11 languages! This reader-friendly, icon-rich series is must reading for all managers at every level

All managers, whether brand new to their positions or well established in the corporate heirarchy, can use a little "brushing up" now and then. The skills-based Briefcase Books series is filled with ideas and strategies to help managers become more capable, efficient, effective, and valuable to their corporations.

The Manager's Guide to Effective Meetings is a hands-on guide to planning and conducting meetings that fellow professionals will want to attend. It provides techniques for keeping a meeting focused and on target, reveals latest tools for meeting "virtually," and more. This latest addition to the popular Briefcase Books series will prove invaluable to anyone who has to plan or conduct meetings, in any environment.

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From the Back Cover

Techniques for Turning Each Meeting into an Open Exchange of Ideas--and a Value-Adding Asset for Your Organization

Meetings can either be the bane of employee life or they can help facilitate the cooperation needed to efficiently and effectively work together.The Manager's Guide to Effective Meetings shows you how to plan and conduct meetings that involve each participant, promote a strong sense of community and, most importantly, drive your organization forward. Look to this latest volume in McGraw-Hill's popular Briefcase Books series for field-proven techniques and strategies to:

• Begin each meeting with purpose--and end it with accomplishment
• Head off time-wasting interpersonal conflicts and turf battles
• Learn how to use technology to hold "virtual" meetings

In our increasingly collaborative work environment, the ability to manage results-driven meetings has become a critical career asset. Let The Manager's Guide to Effective Meetings provide you with a step-by-step template for energizing your next meeting, and transforming it from a roomful of clock-watching individuals into a collaboration of involved and enthusiastic partners.

Briefcase Books, written specifically for today's busy manager, feature eye-catching icons, checklists, and sidebars to guide managers step-by-step through everyday workplace situations. Look for these innovative design features to help you navigate through each page:

• Clear definitions of key terms, concepts, and jargon
• Leadership strategies for improving meeting participation
• How-to hints for creating results-focused collaboration
• Advice for avoiding common meeting errors and missteps
• Warning signs for seeing--and heading off--potential meeting disasters
• Stories and insights from the experiences of others
• Steps for the implementation of proven procedures and tactics

About the Author

Barbara J. Streibel, Ph.D., is a consultant and manager of intellectual capital development at Oriel Incorporated.

Product Details

• Paperback: 187 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (October 18, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071391347
• ISBN-13: 978-0071391344
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #569,703 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing results!, April 3, 2003

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Janet (Colorado Springs, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Manager's Guide to Effective Meetings (Paperback)

When was the last time you had a meeting that was so well organized and efficient that EVERYONE in the room complimented you? Since I started implementing the lessons in The Manager's Guide to Effective Meetings, participants thank me for making sure everyone is prepared (there are tricks to that!), for keeping the meeting moving, and especially for not EVER wasting their time. The use of easy-to-read formatting helps to make this book user friendly and, best of all, the shaded hint boxes with snippets of information make the suggestions, cautions, and concepts easy to remember when it counts most!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Insightful!, December 21, 2004

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Rolf Dobelli "getAbstract" (Switzerland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Manager's Guide to Effective Meetings (Paperback)

This is a handy, short, to-the-point guide about how to conduct meetings. Much of what author Barbara J. Streibel says is common sense, but any manager charged with running meetings knows how quickly common sense goes out the window in that setting. The author covers all of the bases and provides a series of useful checklists to help harried managers meet more effectively and efficiently. Streibel also provides many helpful references to other books that discuss specific techniques and practices. While little here is wildly original, we find that the author gives fresh, lucid and practical treatment to tried-and-true guidance.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Effective Meeting Skills, December 5, 2006

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Elijah Chingosho "Dr Elijah Chingosho" (Nairobi, Kenya) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Manager's Guide to Effective Meetings (Paperback)

Many people regard meetings as a nuisance, a total waste of time and money. This is because most meetings are not very productive and are poorly managed and the meeting leader often has no guide on how to run meetings effectively as this subject is seldom taught at schools and colleges. Barbara Streibel has sought to rectify this by coming up with a concise guide that should help managers run productive meetings.

The author captures the essentials of a well run meeting, by providing useful tips and techniques to lead, facilitate and participate productively in meetings. The advice and tips that the author gives are clear, practical and easy to follow and use.

The book teaches readers how to create an agenda, starting and ending meetings on time, stimulate discussion and participation, deal with conflict, focus on achieving meeting goals, providing good leadership, delivering effective meeting presentations etc.

The ideas presented in the book should provide managers with a good and useful reference guide whenever they are holding meetings to ensure that they have lively, well run and productive meetings.