Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business

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And when we consider that most of the people struggling through those meetings do indeed have other things to do, that pain is only amplified.

Now in this profoundly enlightening online lecture, David Kessler, co-author with Elisabeth Kübler Ross of two best-selling books and now one of the world’s most renowned experts on grief and loss, helps you and your loved ones face life and death with peace, dignity, and. But Lencioni says good meetings provide an opportunity to improve execution and communication and reduce task repetition. In the end, little is decided because the participants have a hard time figuring out whether they're supposed to be debating, voting, brainstorming, weighing in, or just listening" (224). The author, Patrick Lencioni, illustrates how to convert meetings into an effective, engaging, enjoyable process of communication through an entertaining and thought-provoking business fable about an organization failing because of the unproductive meeting the executives held each week. The idea of a CEO always worrying about what everyone thinks and getting tied in knots trying to keep everyone happy.A MIT Sloan study discovered people with a strong desire to accomplish work goals tend to report poorer job satisfaction as the number of meetings increases. I listened to this story twice and found it exactly what I was looking for, as a recipe for creating compelling meetings with my staff of 16 managers. Have you found yourself in a meeting thinking of all the things you could be doing instead of this meeting? It is useful for executives to step back and look at what is happening around them in a more comprehensive way so they can spot trends that individual nuggets of information might not make clear.

The Daily Check-in, is a 5-minute standup meeting, and should be familiar to anyone in the software industry. Reknowned for turning fables into practical advice, Lencioni makes his groundbreaking model applicable to the real world. The fable illustrates many common scenarios, frustrations and concerns with meetings at the workplace, and how the tips above can be applied. Lencioni spotlights the company's tedium-prone meetings through an outsider's eyes - Will, an unconventional consultant with a background in entertainment. Not to mention, you have deprived your team to actively engage in the meeting and work towards a better solution.The author advocates setting the scene at the outset of the meeting, to address why the attendees should care. The first is the concept of “mining for conflict” to create engagement, passion and improve decision making and results. And when you see that, you need to force them to communicate what they're thinking until they've said all there is to be said. when we fail to get clarity and alignment during meetings, we set in motion a colossal wave of human activity as executives and their direct reports scramble to figure out what everyone else is doing and why.

To ensure all information is accurate and of value to you, we’ve designed a production system and a content review process that keeps this content close to the source and as factual as possible.making those meetings too much of a boondoggle (exotic locations, travel, too many social activities etc). It demonstrates that an executive team knows how to identify those rare strategic issues that deserve immediate attention even at the expense of the urgent but less important tactical concerns that surface every day. This book is a must-read for anyone looking to improve their meeting culture and maximize their team's productivity.