How to Manage Meetings (Creating Success series, 103) - Softcover

Barker, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749445475 ISBN 13: 9780749445478

Publisher: Kogan Page, 2006

Synopsis

<p>Meetings are important business and social activities. We meet with other people to learn, to exchange information, to take decisions and to enjoy ourselves. However, research has suggested that meetings are not only a waste of time but also engulf 60 per cent of our working time. Despite their necessity, many meetings are organized by individuals who have other full-time responsibilities and lack the formal training and experience to ensure their successful planning and execution.<br><br> Alan Barker provides guidance on how to get meetings right. Readers should be able to reap the rewards from appropriate preparation, maximizing participation, understanding group dynamics, effective chairing, and how to follow up.</p>

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About the Author

<b>Alan Barker</b> is Managing Director of Kairos Training Limited, a specialist consultancy dedicated to developing creativity and communication skills. A prolific writer, he is the author of <i><b>Improve your Communication Skills</b></i>, <i><b> How to be Better at Managing People</b></i>, <i><b>30 Minutes to Brainstorm Great Ideas</b></i>, <i><b>30 Minutes Before a Meeting</b></i> and <i><b>How to Manage Meetings</b></i> (all published by Kogan Page).

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Includes: preparing for a meeting; effective participation; chairing a meeting; group dynamics; problem solving within a group; different types of meeting; follow-up actions

Edition details

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749445475
• ISBN 13: 9780749445478
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160