Running Meetings: Expert Solutions to Everyday Challenges (Pocket Mentor) Paperback – April 1, 2006

I needed this for my Marketing 539 class in the MBA program. Thank you.

It's not rocket science, but this is a very useful little book. I use it with students, share with friends. People who run meetings should read things like this, even if you THINK you know how to run a good meeting! The checklists are particularly useful.

short, concicse but has a lot of great insights on how to prepare for, lead and follow up on meetings. A great handbook that's a value added guide for a person to review before any meeting.

Book with elemental stuff for improving meetings, will give you some hints but no more than you may already know.

I found this book immensely useful - written in very simple language.

Running Meetings is one of the volumes in the 20 Minute Manager series created by the editors at Harvard Business Review Press.About 90 pages in length, prepared in collaboration with several experts who are identified, each volume provides essential material in the form of a crash course or brief reminder, "a concise practical primer that will help you brush up on a key management topic."Its purpose is to provide a briefing on the basics of an important business activity.It is NOT a comprehensive examination such as Kathleen Haas and Alice Zivala's excellent The Art and Power of Facilitation: Running Powerful Meetings. That book deserves its Five Star rating for an abundance of information, insights, and counsel.Running Meetings is a NOT an anthology of 10-12 HBR articles in their entirety.Rather, it authors suggest, "Whether you are new to running meetings or seasoned executive with no time to waste, leading effective (even pleasant) meetings is a must. Running Meetings guides you through basics."For example, wheno Crafting a useful agendaMy comment: Focus on what to do, not on what to "think about" doingo Inviting the right team membersMy comment: All team members do not need to attend all meetings.o Making sure everyone's voice is heard while avoiding conflict.My comment: OK, but I always encourage principled and relevant dissent.o Capturing decisions, ideas, and follow-up tasks.My comment: Accurate and detailed notes are always more reliable than anyone's memory.If you need more substantial guidance, there are other sources to consider, including aforementioned The Art and Power of Facilitation as well as others recommended on pages 105-109.The list price is $12.95 for the paperback edition but Amazon sells it in several formats and editions for less. The return on a modest investment will be limited only by how hard and how smart each reader applies effectively relevant material.One final point: There are no effective meeting issues. Only business issues.

We started a lesson with out team members on improving on our skills. The series has been be very helpful.

Basic meeting information on setting up a meeting but no advice on how to handle specific meetings. More information about group meetings then team meetings