Don't just do something, stand there! : ten principles for leading meetings that matter / Marvin Weisbord & Sandra Janoff ; illustrations by Jock Macneish.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weisbord, Marvin R., 1931-2025.

Contributor:

Janoff, Sandra, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business meetings.

Meetings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Ten principles for leading meetings that matter

10 principles for leading meetings that matter

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2007.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Presents often contrarian insights into how to design meetings that actually accomplish somethingFilled with case examples and exercisesDraws on the authors' decades of experience working with businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies worldwideThis practical guide details ten key principles that will profoundly change the way you think about, organize, and lead the meetings that matter most. Rather than trying to change anyone's behavior, Weisbord and Janoff show you how to change the conditions under which people interact. By doing less, you help others do more. With examples from aroun

Contents:

Get the whole system in the room

Control what you can, let go what you can't

Explore the "whole elephant"

Let people be responsible

Find common ground

Master the art of subgrouping

Make friends with anxiety

Get used to projections

Be a dependable authority

Learn to say no if you want yes to mean something

Ten principles, six techniques : a summary

Conclusion : changing the world one meeting at a time.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-181) and index.

ISBN:

9786612232480

9781282232488

1282232487

9781576755150

1576755150

OCLC:

310746778