Book description
Wasting time in pointless meetings....It’s the bane of work life—and the one thing that never seems to change. But meetings can be highly effective, says Martin Murphy, who has helped a “Who’s Who” of corporate clients transform timesapping meetings into “breakthrough sessions” that are truly productive. His strategy is not simply to speed them up or make them more palatable with flashier facilitation. Rather, the key is to upend the entire concept of meetings. That means throwing out traditional protocols and using one of four new collaboration models to get more done, faster than ever before. These sessions address: Issues management: identify, rank, and resolve issues—promoting critical concerns to Action Plan status • Problem solving: thirty-minute sessions for solving complex problems • Innovation: discover the billion-dollar idea that lurks in every organization • Strategic planning: stripped-down protocols for the kind of ongoing, realtime planning required in today’s fast-paced economy In an era when innovation and speed-to-market rule, No More Pointless Meetings leverages the creativity and knowledge of an organization’s people—a potent resource that conventional meetings ignore.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Chapter 1 Why Meetings Fail: Reframing Workflow Management
- Chapter 2 The Issues Management Session
- Chapter 3 The Innovation Session
- Chapter 4 The Problem-Solving Session
- Chapter 5 The Ongoing Planning Process
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Chapter 6 One-on-One Sessions
- The One-on-One Issues Management Session
- The One-on-One Innovation Session
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The One-on-One Problem-Solving Session
- Facilitating
- Getting Started
- Process and Content
- Entry Points
- Pattern Recognition
- Clarify the Problem
- Verify or Reframe the Problem
- Solution Identified
- Question Exercise
- Check for Solutions
- Solution Identified
- Invisibility Exercise
- Ideation
- Check for Solutions
- Solution Identified
- Switch Roles
- Postsession Discussion
- Chapter 7 Solo Sessions
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Chapter 8 Making It Happen
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Reminders
- Lead by Example
- Validate
- Expect Success
- Always Be Asking
- Handle the Chaos
- Stay Tuned In
- Clarify Instructions
- Maintain Speed
- Refrain from Judging
- Free Their Minds
- Restrict Discussion
- Encourage Laughter
- Maintain Control
- Know When to Wait
- Aim for Fluidity
- Stand Up
- Throw a Change-Up
- Show, Don’t Tell
- Circulate
- Don’t Comment
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Ideation Exercises
- Mind-Reading Exercise
- Genie Exercise: Round 1
- Genie Exercise: Round 2
- Flying Exercise: Round 1
- Flying Exercise: Round 2
- “No One Can See Me” Exercise
- Swapping Exercise: Round 1
- Swapping Exercise: Round 2
- Trillion Dollars Exercise: Round 1
- Trillion Dollars Exercise: Round 2
- Trillion Dollars Exercise: Round 3
- Know-It-All Exercise: Round 1
- Know-It-All Exercise: Round 2
- Interconnectivity Exercise: Round 1
- Interconnectivity Exercise: Round 2
- True or False Exercise
- Big Question Exercise
- Small Question Exercise
- Ask the Group
- Pairs Exercise
- How to Do It Yourself
-
Reminders
- Final Thoughts
- Appendix 1 Group Session Guides
- Appendix 2 One-on-One Session Guides
- Appendix 3 Solo Session Guides
- Index
Product information
- Title: No More Pointless Meetings
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2012
- Publisher(s): AMACOM
- ISBN: 9780814431696
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