Breaking Robert's rules : the new way to run your meeting, build consensus, and get results / Lawrence E. Susskind and Jeffrey L. Cruikshank.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Susskind, Lawrence.

Contributor:

Cruikshank, Jeffrey L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group decision making.

Consensus (Social sciences).

Conflict management.

Physical Description:

xvi, 222 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Summary:

Every day in communities across America hundreds of diverse groups hold meetings where they spend their time engaged in shouting matches and acrimonious debate. The procedures that most groups rely on to reach decisions were first laid out as Robert's Rules more than 150 years ago. These arcane rituals, based mainly on majority rule, usually produce a very dissatisfied minority that expects to raise its concerns, again, at the next possible meeting.

Breaking Robert's Rules clearly spells out how any group can work together effectively. Written in a non-technical and engaging style, and containing clear ideas and instructions that anyone can understand and use, this one-of-a-kind guide will prove an essential tool for any group desperate to find ways of making their meetings more effective.

Contents:

Why break Robert's rules?

What is consensus?

Getting the right people to the table

Assigning tasks and leadership responsibilities

The importance of facilitation

Confirming that agreement has been reached

Crafting "nearly self-enforcing" agreements

Overcoming the barriers to CBA

Step 1: Convening

Step 2: Assigning roles and responsibilities

Step 3: Facilitating group problem-solving

Step 4: Reaching agreement

Step 5: Holding parties to their commitments.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [216]-217) and index.

ISBN:

0195308360

0195308417

OCLC:

63660421

Publisher Number:

9780195308365

9780195308419