Meeting Management

Collaboration, discussion, and interaction are the lifeblood of a company’s progress and innovation. Unfortunately, meetings can hamper these collaborations when they’re poorly planned, badly run, and haphazardly organized. With the guidance and advice of meeting management expert J.W. Dionne, you’ll find out exactly what you have to do.

Bestselling author Patrick Lencioni's three previous business fables have sold nearly 350,000 copies. His latest takes on the most dreaded company activity...meetings—why we hate them, why we shouldn't, and how to make them great The thought of meetings makes most business people miserable...

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 share the proven practices and techniques that help managers and employees enhance the quality of their meetings.  

If you’re running a virtual business, then you’ve got to read Leading Virtual Meetings – Methods and Effective Practices! For many people working from home not only makes sense, but it also leads to higher job satisfaction, higher productivity and lowers costs associated with employees. We live in an age where a message or email can be sent across the world within seconds. All you need is a smartphone, tablet, laptop, and internet connection and you could be working from home! With this lean towards freelancers and virtual offices, it’s not always easy for all business owners to set...

Unlock the secrets to successful Community Association Management with "Mastering Community Association Management: A Guide to Effective Board Meetings." In this comprehensive guide, Lilith Blasko, a seasoned expert in community leadership, provides an invaluable resource for community association managers, board members, and anyone involved in the intricate world of community governance. This book is a roadmap for navigating the challenges and opportunities that arise in the dynamic realm of community associations. From understanding the legal framework to cultivating a positive community ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER "A long overdue and urgent manifesto.” —Seth Godin "Hosts of all kinds, this is a must-read!" —Chris Anderson, owner and curator of TED An exciting new approach to how we gather that will transform the ways we spend our time together—at home, at work, in our...

Naked Money Meetings gets to the root of those financial fights, teaching you how your money obstacles can manifest as blocks in connection and intimacy with your partner and how to fix it!

This audiobook was created based on Clayton Christensen's landmark book The Innovator's Dilemma. This was Mr. Christensen's synopsis of his book for the Harvard Business Review. The audio tracks listed here cover the key elements of Mr. Christensen's book. This audiobook emphasizes the Idea in Brief "Does my organization have the right resources, processes, values, and team to innovate?" Then it covers the right structure for your specific type of innovation.

We all know that meetings suck, right? You hear it all the time. It's the one thing that almost everyone in business can agree on. Except it's not actually true. Meetings don't suck; we suck at running meetings. When done right, meetings not only work, they make people and companies better. In Meetings Suck, world renowned business expert and growth guru Cameron Herold teaches you how to use focused, time effective meetings to help you and your company soar.

Most golfers spend hours on the range without seeing real improvement. They chase YouTube tips, try to fix fifteen things at once, and get frustrated when they can’t achieve their goals. Coach Steve Small has worked with over 1,000 students and discovered something simple: the golfers who improve fastest aren't the ones who practice the most. They're the ones who keep their attention on their intention. In Breaking Bogey, you'll learn: Why breaking bogey is the milestone that changes everything The "two items on the menu" approach that actually creates improvement How to develop stock ...

Mastering One-on-One Meetings: A Comprehensive and Quick Guide to Better Leadership by Taylor Graham is a practical manual designed to help leaders and employees make the most of their one-on-one meetings. The book underscores the importance of these meetings as pivotal opportunities for building relationships, addressing challenges, and fostering employee development. This quick guide includes: 1. **Purpose and Preparation:** Graham highlights that one-on-one meetings are essential for connecting with team members, aligning on goals, and providing support. She advises leaders to prepare ...

The deeply personal story of why award-winning personal finance blogger Elizabeth Willard Thames abandoned a successful career in the city and embraced extreme frugality in order to create a more meaningful, purpose-driven life and retire to a homestead in the woods at age thirty-two with her...

Integrity -- more than simple honesty, it's the key to success. A person with integrity has the ability to pull everything together, to make it all happen no matter how challenging the circumstances. Drawing on experiences from his work, Dr. Henry Cloud, a clinical psychologist and nationally...

Rework shows you a better, faster, easier way to succeed in business. Most business books give you the same old advice: Write a business plan, study the competition, seek investors, yadda yadda. If you're looking for a book like that, put this one back on the shelf. Read it and you'll know...

Google’s Executive Productivity Advisor offers insights on how to make the “new way of work” work for you, providing actionable steps to optimize your productivity, accomplish more, prevent burnout, and cultivate a harmonious work-life balance. Every day, tens of thousands of Google...

From the bestselling authors of The Go-Giver, Go-Givers Sell More, and The Go-Giver Leader comes another compelling parable about the paradox of getting ahead by placing other people's interests first. The Go-Giver Influencer is a story about two young, ambitious businesspeople: Gillian Waters...

In The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs, best-selling author Carmine Gallo reveals the qualities that make the Apple co-founder the most innovative leader in business today. Each principle is backed with research, quotes, and first-person interviews with experts and business leaders, as well as specific ideas for applying those principles to every business, large or small.

Speaking well in public can open many doors for us. From a professional point of view, it can help to increase the possibilities in a job interview, get more credibility and attention in work meetings, obtain better results in an examination, attract clients for a company or project, gain the confidence of your team, and leadership. Learn the techniques of powerful people who can win people’s hearts and achieve their goal by speech. Learn why people listen to them. Learn why they matter and how you can make your speeches impactful using their secrets.

Still struggling through the financial crisis that began in 2008, consumers aren't buying traditional sales approaches anymore. So how do salespeople, corporate communicators, managers, and marketers sell their ideas, products, and services to a generation of customers who are more skeptical and less influenced by conventional marketing than ever before?

What makes a company great? Management trends come and go. Economic conditions fluctuate, and market demands shift. Corporations restructure and new owners take over. The one constant, the one enduring truth, is that people define the character of a company. They always have and always will. Motivated, passionate people make the difference between ho-hum mediocrity and extraordinary performance. That's the message from Peter W. Schutz, former CEO of Porsche AG and author of this new book.