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When you ask leaders in a high performing organization what the key to their success is, the answers are all over the place: failing fast, radical transparency, operational excellence, strong core values... so many different North Stars to follow.

Then, if you ask them for an example to tell you what that looks like in practice they will all describe a meeting. Leaders at successful organizations have learned how to design a sequence of tailored meetings that create a healthy organizational culture and drive forward momentum. Meetings are where the action is.

Where the Action Is presents an immediately actionable description of how leaders can use meetings to engage their communities, simplify communications, and accelerate progress. In it, you ll learn. - The truth about why there are so many meetings.
- Surprising research revealing that what you think you know about meetings may be wrong.
- Proven techniques that make any meeting productive.
- Five steps to increasing team engagement in meetings.
- The specific meeting practices high-performing organizations use to create a healthy culture and drive results.
- The stories of those who ve found a way to love their meetings, and those who ve struggled.
- The 16 distinct types of business meetings and how to use them.
Distilling insights from business management, cognitive research, behavioral psychology, organizational studies, and 10 years of work with organizations big and small as the founder and product strategist for the award-winning Lucid Meetings online platform, J. Elise Keith s entertaining and informative look at meetings will forever change the way you meet.