Don't Just Do Something, Stand There!

PART ONE

Leading Meetings

Get the Whole System in the Room

Control What You Can, Let Go What You Can’t

Explore the “Whole Elephant”

Let People Be Responsible

Find Common Ground

Master the Art of Subgrouping

These chapters present our views on how to plan, organize, structure, lead, manage, and facilitate meetings. Whether you assume responsibility for a meeting’s content, its agenda, its processes, and/or its results, you may find some useful tips and traps. We believe that most of our ideas are applicable whether you have formal authority or not.

Please notice that we use the generic term leading to cover all possible roles you might assume. Anytime you convene a group, or stand up in front and direct the proceedings, or take over briefly to ...