Running Meetings (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)

Harvard Business Review

• Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9781625272256
• eBook ISBN: 9781625272300
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business Communication
• Index: Business

Whether you're new to running meetings or a seasoned executive with no time to waste, leading effective (and even pleasant!) meetings is a must. Running Meetings guides you through the basics of:

• Crafting a useful agenda
• Inviting the right team members
• Making sure everyone's voice is heard while avoiding conflict
• Capturing decisions, ideas, and follow-up tasks

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Index

agendas, 9, 12–19

—assigning items to participants, 17–19

—confusion and, 97

—deleting items from, 97

—executing, 48–58

—items on, 12–14

—sample, 18

—sequencing items on, 14–17

—timekeeping based on, 25–26, 48–49

—transitions in, 49

—whiteboards and, 50–51

attendance, 31, 44–45

attendees

—assigning agenda items to, 17–19

—assigning roles to, 23–26

—communicating purpose of meeting to, 11–12

—discussions dominated by, 52–56, 93–94

—early departure by, 92–93

—ground rules for, 46–47

—identifying appropriate, 19–26

—introducing, 13, 45

—inviting, 9

—latecomers, 44–45, 92–93

—preparation by, 9, 32, 33–35

—right number of, 21–22

—timekeeper role and, 25–26

—troublemakers, 91–92

—virtual, 53–54, 80, 83–87

authority, scope of, 23

body language, 55

brainstorming, 77

—agenda items related to, 15

—number of attendees for, 22

—rules for, 55

—virtual meetings and, 87

—whiteboards and, 51

breaks, 96, 97, 99, 102

calendar invitations, 30

chat rooms, 83

checklists

—follow-up, 71–72

—preparation, 38–40

closing a meeting, 58–59

collaboration, 50–51, 83

communication. See also feedback

—for decision-making meetings, 79–80

—dominant individuals in, 93–94

—ensuring all voices are heard in, 52–56, 83–84

—ground rules on, 46–47

—vs. meetings, 36

—in problem solving, 76–77

—on purpose of meetings, 11–12, 30

—repetition and, 94–95

—silence and, 98–99

—whiteboards and, 50–51

—with virtual attendees, 50, 53–54

conference calls, 33, 80, 83–87

conflict, 37, 101–103

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Running Effective Meetings
• Preparing for Your Meeting
• Leading Your Meeting
• The Day After: Making Your Meeting Stick
• Running Specific Types of Meetings
• When Good Meetings Go Bad, andHow to Fix Them
• Learn More
• Sources
• Index
• Back Cover