HBR Guide to Making Every Meeting Matter (HBR Guide Series) by Review, Harvard Business -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Series Page Title Page HBR Press Quantity Sales Discounts Copyright Contents Preface: The Condensed Guide to Running Meetings Section One. Prepare

1. Do You Really Need to Hold That Meeting? 2. Stop Calling Every Conversation a “Meeting” 3. If You Can’t Say What Your Meeting Will Accomplish, You Shouldn’t Have It 4. How to Design an Agenda for an Effective Meeting 5. The Key to Shorter, Better Meetings 6. The 50-Minute Meeting 7. The Magic of 30-Minute Meetings 8. Meetings Need a Shot Clock 9. Are There Too Many People in Your Meeting?

Section Two. Conduct

10. Before a Meeting, Tell Your Team That Silence Denotes Agreement 11. Establish Ground Rules 12. Reach Group Decisions During Meetings 13. The Right Way to Cut People Off in Meetings 14. Dealing with People Who Derail Meetings 15. Refocus a Meeting After Someone Interrupts

Section Three. Participate

16. Polite Ways to Decline a Meeting Invitation 17. How to Interject in a Meeting 18. Stuck in a Meeting from Hell? Here’s What to Do 19. 7 Ways to Stop a Meeting from Dragging On 20. When Your Boss Is Terrible at Leading Meetings

Section Four. Close and Follow Up

21. The Right Way to End a Meeting 22. Don’t End a Meeting Without Doing These 3 Things

Section Five. Specific Types of Meetings

23. What Everyone Should Know About Running Virtual Meetings 24. How to Run a Great Virtual Meeting 25. Conduct a Meeting of People from Different Cultures 26. Making Global Meetings Work 27. Give Your Standing Meetings a Makeover 28. How to Do Walking Meetings Right 29. Stand-Up Meetings Don’t Work for Everybody 30. Leadership Summits That Work

Appendix A: Meeting Preparation Checklist Appendix B: Sample Agendas Appendix C: Meeting Follow-Up Checklist Appendix D: Sample Follow-Up Memo Appendix E: Digital Tools to Make Your Next Meeting More Productive Index