Dealing with Meetings You Can't Stand: Meet Less and Do More

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Meet the Passengers: Problem Behaviors at Meetings and Their Effects

In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

—ALBERT EINSTEIN

Let’s begin by looking at what we are up against with people. Given that most have too much to do and feel that half their time in meetings is a waste, they may already be in their stress response at a meeting. The problem behaviors people tend to exhibit when they are under stress are described in the book I cowrote with Dr. Rick Kirschner, Dealing with People You Can’t Stand: How to Bring Out the Best in ...