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Travel costs, opportunity costs and time taken out from other work all make having meetings a costly business - it is therefore vital to manage these meetings effectively Explains the problems that lead to unproductive meetings and offers essential advice and solutions Fully revised and updated; includes new content on managing electronic and virtual meetings (audio and video)

Alan Barker is an experienced trainer and coach specializing in communication skills, cognitive skills and creativity. He is Managing Director of training and coaching consultancy Kairos Training and the author of Improve Your Communication Skills, another best selling title in the Creating Success series, published by Kogan Page.

Table of Contents

• • Chapter - 00: Introduction;
  • Chapter - 01: What is a meeting;
  • Chapter - 02: How groups work;
  • Chapter - 03: Conversation: the heart of the meeting;
  • Chapter - 04: Preparing for the meeting;
  • Chapter - 05: Chairing the meeting;
  • Chapter - 06: Improving the group's thinking;
  • Chapter - 07: Participating well;
  • Chapter - 08: Problem-solving in meetings;
  • Chapter - 09: After the meeting;
  • Chapter - 10: Different meetings and how to run them;
  • Chapter - 11: Where to go from here

About the Author

Alan Barker is an experienced trainer and coach specializing in communication skills, cognitive skills and creativity. He is Managing Director of training and coaching consultancy Kairos Training and the author of Improve Your Communication Skills, another best selling title in the Creating Success series, published by Kogan Page.

Reviews

Praise for the previous edition: "Using this easy-to-read structure, Barker presents a variety of insightful ways to look at problems and inspire creative thinking." --getAbstract.com