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Oxford The Surprising Science of Meetings How You Can Lead your Team to Peak Performance 2019 Edition by Steven G. Rogelberg
A recent estimate suggests that employees endure a staggering 55 million meetings a day in the United States. This tremendous time investment yields only modest returns. No organization made up of human beings is immune from the all-too-common meeting gripes: those that fail to engage, those that inadvertently encourage participants to tune out, and those that blatantly disregard participants' time. Most companies and leaders view poor meetings as an inevitable cost of doing business. But managers can take heart: researchers now have a clear understanding of the key drivers that make meetings successful. In The Surprising Science of Meetings, Steven G. Rogelberg, researcher and consultant to some of the world's most successful companies, draws from extensive research, analytics and data mining, and survey interviews with over 5,000 employees across a range of industries to sharethe proven practices and techniques that help managers and employees enhance the quality of their meetings. For those who lead and participate in meetings, Rogelberg provides immediate direction, guidance, and relief, offering a how-to guide to change your working life starting today. Table of Contents :- PrefaceSECTION I: Setting the Meeting StageChapter 01: So Many Meetings and So Much FrustrationChapter 02: Get Rid of Meetings? No, Solve Meetings Through ScienceSECTION II: Evidence-Based Strategies for LeadersChapter 03: The Image in the Mirror is Likely WrongChapter 04: Meet for 48 MinutesChapter 05: Agendas Are a Hollow CrutchChapter 06: The Bigger, The BadderChapter 07: Don't Get Too Comfortable in That ChairChapter 08: Deflate Negative Energy From the StartChapter 09: No More Talking!Chapter 10: The Folly of the Remote Call-in MeetingChapter 11: Putting it All TogetherEpilogue: Trying to Get Ahead of the Science--Using ScienceTool: Meeting Quality Self-AssessmentTool: Sample Engagement Survey and 360 Feedback Questions on MeetingsTool: Good Meeting Facilitation ChecklistTool: Huddle Implementation ChecklistTool: Agenda TemplateTool: Guide to Taking Good Meeting Minutes/NotesTool: Expectations Assessment Acknowledgments References Index