List Books » Stop the Meeting I Want to Get Off!: How to Eliminate Endless Meetings While Improving Your Team's Communication, Productivity, and Effectiveness
Authors: Scott Snair
ISBN-13: 9780071411066, ISBN-10: 0071411062
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Date Published: February 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)
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Less talk, more action: A guide to better communication, heightened productivity, and fewer meetings
Meetings are the bane of modern corporate culture. Today's managers spend between 25 percent and 75 percent of their workday in meetings, at least half of which are unproductive, if not downright destructive. In a book that is sure to be warmly embraced by beleaguered managers, a decorated Desert Storm platoon leader turned corporate manager and consultant offers managers a proven system for running a department, or an entire enterprise, without unnecessary meetings.
With advice from innovative managers at Sears, GE, Johnson & Johnson, NTP Software, Verizon, and other companies, the one-on-one management methods outlined in this book:
Acknowledgments | ||
Introduction: From Ground Attack to Corporate Combat | ||
1 | Stop Surrendering to Meetings | 1 |
2 | Recognize What Doesn't Work and Why | 23 |
3 | Discover the Lost Art of One-on-One Management | 47 |
4 | Embrace the Role of Team Leader | 73 |
5 | Try the Process of Organizational Channeling | 95 |
6 | Get Comfortable with Delegating | 121 |
7 | Use Technology When Possible | 145 |
8 | Get a Mentor, Be a Mentor | 167 |
9 | Avoid the Meetings of Others | 195 |
10 | Know the Ways to Cheat | 221 |
Conclusion: Accept the Challenge! | 243 | |
Notes | 247 | |
Index | 255 |