Stop the Meeting I Want to Get Off!: How to Eliminate Endless Meetings While Improving Your Team's Communication, Productivity, and Effectiveness: How

by Scott Snair

Book Overview

Less talk, more action: A guide to better communication, heightened productivity, and fewer meetings

Meetings are the bane of modern corporate culture. Today's managers spend between 25 percent and 75 percent of their workday in meetings, at least half of which are unproductive, if not downright destructive. In a book that is sure to be warmly embraced by beleaguered managers, a decorated Desert Storm platoon leader turned top corporate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0071411062
• ISBN13: 9780071411066
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Not about meetings only

Scott Snair wrapped an almost complete management guideline into the book which you can use even if you're not a manager. He blames meetings as many of us does, but he points out their weaknesses, so if you really have to hold a meeting or participate, you have the armory to minimize the time-wasting. In addition, he provides an approach how to live without meetings, including more personal communication, taking explicitly responsibility for things and mentoring. I tried out some of the methods and they work. Granted, they require more work on the manager end, but provides more efficiency for everyone. If you spend more than 5 hours per week with meetings, you must read this book. Otherwise you should :)

Less talk, more action: A guide to better communication, heightened productivity, and fewer meetings

VERY EASY TO READ !! GOOD MANAGEMENT ADVICE !! Methods outlined in this book: Improve a manager's ability to gather input Streamline the communication process Make influencing key members of an organization much easier Increase productivity, without stifling openness and job satisfaction Make managers more "hands-on" by using responsibility as a reward. Contents: Stop Surrendering to Meetings Recognize What Doesn't Work and Why Discover the Lost Art of One-on-One Management Embrace the Role of Team Leader Get Comfortable with Delegating Get a Mentor, Be a Mentor Avoid the Meetings of Others Know the Ways to Cheat

Hey, Mr. Scott!

I have read your book this weekend and I am totally in awe about your methods in management. I truly have learned a great deal from your book, and i will use this philosophical strategy for running a solid team. I also love your style of writing. You provide your thoughts in laymen's term and also provide humor into your personal and professional experiences with meetings. keep up the great work! good luck with your newly published book. I definitey recommend others to purchase and utiize your book for their companies!!