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    Effective Meetings
    Effective Meetings
    Effective Meetings
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    Effective Meetings

    By Andrew Bird

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    Meetings are an integral part of leadership and management and may be the most important vehicle for collaboration, discussion, decision-making, and action. A well-run meeting is efficient, productive, and energizing for its participants. On the other hand, a poorly run meeting can be frustrating, unproductive, demoralizing—and a big waste of valuable time. When you learn effective ways to plan and run meetings, this ability will definitely contribute to your success as well as the success of your team and the organization as a whole.

    In this ebook you’ll learn the fundamentals of running effective and productive meetings based on practical and experience tested strategies. You’ll also learn how to apply the basic principles of effective meetings to every day management and leadership scenarios. These new skills will not only help you properly design effective meetings but also help you react to situations in which a meeting doesn’t go quite go as planned. When you apply these principles to your work, your meetings will be more effective, your employees more engaged, and your organization more successful.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAndrew Bird
    Release dateMar 28, 2012
    ISBN9780987990112
    Effective Meetings
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    Andrew Bird

    Andrew Bird is a historian of the Second World War, as well as a writer and broadcaster.He has written two military aviation history books on RAF Coastal Command: A Separate Little War (Grub Street) HB 2003, 2005, PB 2008 Kindle 2012, and Coastal Dawn (Grub Street) HB 2012. Andrew's new style of writing for Coastal Dawn was a hit with readers going straight into the No 3 Spot of the Amazon top ten-bestseller list for the Battle of Britain.Andrew has also taken part in historical documentaries: 2012 he was a consultant and contributor for War Heroes In My Family (Series 1) on Channel 5, made by 360 Productions. Acting as a consultant on BBC Who Do You Think You Are (Series 10) for Wall-to-Wall Media, which was transmitted in July 2013.He is a full-time creative graphic designer, and has worked for an eclectic mix of people: Sir Julian Rose - Harwick Estates Organic's, George Harrison, Robert Hardy, Vince Hill and Rachel Goswell (of Slowdive, Mojave 3) to Reading Outreach Programme, HHR, Leander Club, The Guardian Media Group and Waitrose (part of the John Lewis Partnership).Andrew was drawn by internationally acclaimed artist Dryden Goodwin for his 'Open' exhibition.He is a member of the Society of Authors, and lives in Berkshire - in Elizabeth Taylors (the writer) former house.

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      Effective Meetings - Andrew Bird

      Effective Meetings

      By Drew Bird and Jason Giesbrecht

      http://www.leadersmarts.com

      Copyright 2012 ManagerKnowHow Holdings Inc.

      Published on Smashwords

      ISBN 978-0-9879901-1-2

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      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter 1 - The Basics of Effective Meetings

      Chapter 2 - Creating a Powerful Agenda

      Chapter 3 - Dealing with Distractions and Disruptions

      Summary

      Other eBook Titles by These Authors

      About the Authors

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      Introduction

      Meetings, an integral part of leadership and management, are one of the most important vehicles for collaboration, discussion, decision-making, and action. A well-run meeting is efficient, productive, and energizing for its participants. On the other hand, a poorly run meeting can be frustrating, unproductive, demoralizing—and a big waste of valuable time. When you learn effective ways to plan and run meetings, this ability will definitely contribute to your success as well as the success of your team and the organization as a whole.

      In this ebook you’ll learn the fundamentals of running effective and productive meetings. You’ll also learn how to apply the basic principles of effective meetings to every day management and leadership scenarios. These new skills will not only help you properly design effective meetings but also help you react to situations in which a meeting doesn’t go quite go as planned. When you apply these principles to your work, your meetings will be more effective, your employees more engaged, and your organization more successful.

      We have a lot to cover, so let’s get started!

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      Chapter One - The Basics of Effective Meetings

      The Purpose of Meetings

      Why do we have meetings? Aren’t there other ways to get this work done? Well, not really. Whenever a group of individuals needs to come together to share

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