The Manager's Guide to Effective MeetingsMcGraw Hill Professional, 2002 M10 22 - 187 pages 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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... options in Chapter 8. Set. Your. Goals. So, you have a purpose for a meeting, one or more things that you cannot do more effectively and efficiently through some other means. Next, you need to decide on your goals, the outcomes toward ...
... options, through discussing, sharing information, analyzing, taking positions • “Conversation for action”—to make a decision and commit to taking action Another way to think about these dynamics is in terms of three stages: • Open ...
... option gaining more votes than any of the others has the plurality You Make the Decision • When you're meeting with subordinates about budgets, personnel policies, or matters that involve other managers • When situations involve ...
... options. • Members have limited skills in communication and decision-making. • You don't need the support of all members to implement the decision. • There are significant differences among the members and it's obvious that consensus in ...
Contents
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Chapter 3 Starting the Meeting | 42 |
Chapter 4 Conducting the Meeting | 62 |
Chapter 5 Closing the Meeting and Following Up | 89 |
Chapter 6 Techniques and Tools | 111 |
Chapter 7 UhOh Now What? Problems and Possibilities | 135 |
Chapter 8 Technological Tools and Meeting Virtually | 158 |
Index | 179 |