Dealing with Meetings You Can't Stand: Meet Less and Do More
Acknowledgments
Part I: The Problems with Meetings
Introduction: The Problems with Meetings We Will Solve
Chapter 1: Meet the Passengers: Problem Behaviors at Meetings and Their Effects
Chapter 2: Holographic Thinking
Part II: Before the Meeting
Chapter 3: Preparing for a Meeting: Your Preflight Checklist
Chapter 4: The Art of the Agenda: Your Flight Plan
Chapter 5: Start on Time! End on Time!
Part II: During and After the Meeting
Chapter 6: Meet the Flight Crew: The Process People
Chapter 7: Staying on Course with Air Traffic Control
Chapter 8: Balancing Participation with Air Traffic Control
Chapter 9: Visual Flight Recording: Don’t Let a Good Idea Get Away
Chapter 10: In-flight Entertainment: Criteria
Chapter 11: In-flight Entertainment: Meeting Processes
Chapter 12: Virtual Meetings and Conference Calls
Chapter 13: TSA: How the Process Prevents Problem Behaviors
Part III: Implementing the Meeting Jet
Chapter 14: Integrating the Meeting Jet Process with Robert’s Rules of Order
Chapter 15: Cage Rattling 101: Bringing People on Board the Meeting Jet
Chapter 16: Finale and Next Step: How We Came to Meet
Appendix: Additional Resources
Notes
Index
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