Productive Meetings

Stop losing hours to pointless meetings and transform your team's productivity with actionable leadership strategies. Whether you are listening during your morning commute or prepping for an intense workday, this guide delivers the exact framework needed to cut corporate waste. Turn endless...

Virtual and hybrid meetings are a daily part of business life. However you probably know just as well as I do from experience how unfocused, frustrating and unproductive they can be. But it does not have to be like that. In A Practical Guide to Running Productive Virtual and Hybrid Meetings, I give you a variety of best practices, tools and techniques to make all your virtual and hybrid meetings planned, organised and run effectively whether you’re the meeting organiser, facilitator, chairperson or attendee.

This book has been written specifically for busy people. If you are busy person, you'll like the format of this book because each of the sections in The Ten Commandments of Productive Meetings covers an important area you can address to achieve high levels of productivity and satisfaction in your meetings. If you focus on the key points at the end of each chapter, you'll get the maximum benefit from the information in this book.

Product management has become a critical connective role for modern organizations, from small technology startups to global corporate enterprises. And yet the day-to-day work of product management remains largely misunderstood. In theory, product management is about building products that people love. The real-world practice of product management is often about difficult conversations, practical compromises, and hard-won incremental gains. 

Researchers now have a clear understanding of the key drivers that make meetings successful. In The Surprising Science of Meetings, Steven G. Rogelberg, researcher and consultant to some of the world's most successful companies, draws from extensive research, analytics and data mining, and survey interviews with over 5,000 employees across a range of industries to share the proven practices and techniques that help managers and employees enhance the quality of their meetings.  

'Invaluable guidance on how organizations can embrace the flexibility of remote work while sustaining wellbeing and connection . . . Immensely timely, practical and encouraging.' – Caroline Webb, author of How to Have a Good Day Transform your career or your business with these simple tips and...