“That was an awful meeting. What a waste of my time!” 
How often have you had this same thought? Why do we tolerate bad meetings? Consider the last meeting you attended that was run by someone else. How many of these pitfalls were evident? 
<ul>
<li>Did not start on time. </li>
<li>Missing key people. </li>
<li>Lacked a clear purpose. </li>
<li>No agenda. </li>
<li>Few people engaged. </li>
<li>Discussion wandered, repeatedly. </li>
<li>Key issues were not addressed. </li>
<li>No decisions made. </li>
<li>No follow-up actions. </li>
<li>The meeting was not worth the time. </li>
</ul>
Have we lowered the bar so far that bad meetings have become the norm? Enough is enough. It is time to ignite a meetings revolution. 
How Do You Transform a Bad Meeting Culture? 
In The Secrets to Masterful Meetings, Michael Wilkinson provides leaders with a step-by-step guide for igniting a meetings revolution. The result: a complete culture transformation in which bad meetings become unacceptable! This book supplies a step-by-step guide for igniting and sustaining a meetings revolution which, if successful, will permanently change the way meetings are run in an organization. In his book, Wilkinson recommends that executives empower their people with a set of meeting rights. He then provides a comprehensive meetings transformation program that equips meeting leaders and meeting participants with tools for masterful meetings. 
What this Book Contains 
<ul>
<li>10 Meeting Rights to empower every participant. </li>
<li>10 steps to transform your meeting culture. </li>
<li>15 meeting problems and how to address them. </li>
<li>4 strategies for eliminating unneeded meetings. </li>
<li>6 tips for getting meetings started on time. </li>
<li>3 robust tools for resolving disagreements. </li>
<li>4 techniques for rescuing poorly run meetings. </li>
<li>14 strategies for maximizing virtual meetings. </li>
<li>6 agendas to use to gain the results you want. </li>
<li>4 checklists for executing Masterful Meetings. </li>
<li>And much more. </li>
</ul>
Give Yourself a Gift 
Give a copy of this book to everyone whose meetings you attend: a gift that truly keeps on giving!

The Secrets to Masterful Meetings

Business & Money

Wilkinson, Michael

Skills

Leadership Strategieds Publishing

How much time does your organization waste in unfocused, unengaging and unproductive virtual meetings? Virtual meetings are on the rise. Unfortunately, most meeting leaders don't know the strategies for executing masterful virtual meetings. As a result, most virtual meetings: <ul>
<li>Don't start on time because people have difficulty with the technology </li>
<li>Don't have a defined purpose due to lack of preparation </li>
<li>Don't keep people engaged due to escalated multi-tasking </li>
<li>Don't address conflict because the leader often doesn't see the body language information that communicates silent disagreement </li>
<li>Don't deal with dysfunction because the meeting leader is distracted with the technology </li>
</ul>
 CLICK for Strategies 
CLICK: The Virtual Meetings Book provides meeting leaders with 60 comprehensive strategies for planning and executing masterful virtual meetings. In its twelve chapters, you'll find strategies and answers to these questions and more: <ul>
<li>How do you keep engagement high in a virtual meeting? </li>
<li>How do you eliminate unnecessary virtual meetings? </li>
<li>What are the key features that differentiate various online meeting platforms? </li>
<li>How do you reduce the likelihood that your meeting will be derailed by technical issues? </li>
<li>What if only a few people are remote? Or, what if you, the meeting leader, are the only one remote? </li>
<li>How do you ask questions that receive lots of responses instead of that dreaded silence? </li>
<li>What are the common virtual meeting dysfunctions, and how do you prevent them? </li>
<li>How do you make sure you get quality results from every virtual meeting? </li>
</ul>
 Authors Michael Wilkinson and Richard Smith, leaders in the #1 meeting facilitation and facilitation training company in the US, show you how to deliver masterful virtual meetings, every time.

Click: The Virtual Meetings Book

Computers & Technology

Smith, Dr. Richard

Games & Strategy Guides

What is a Facilitative Leader?
Facilitative leaders create organizations where engagement is the norm, collaboration is the vehicle, and higher levels of achievement are the result.
Unfortunately, many leaders continue to view their role primarily as one of setting direction, allocating resources, and putting in place rewards, support, and development systems that ensure their people stay focused on achieving that direction.
In the changing workplace, this archaic view of leadership is completely inadequate. More and more, employees are seeking to understand where their organization is going and to influence the paths taken to get there.
This shift in the workplace requires a new set of leadership skills. Leaders must know how to inspire people around a vision, foster trust, manage group interaction, build consensus, resolve conflict, and adapt their approach to the specific needs of each person they lead. They must be able to facilitate rather than dictate. This new direction calls for facilitative leaders.
Praise for 8 Core Practices of Facilitative Leaders
"If you want a great book that takes a facilitative approach to leadership, here it is! The 8 Core Practices of Facilitative Leaders offers practical and insightful strategies any leader can apply immediately. Read this book and learn the best ways to create engagement, buy-in, and alignment in your organization."
--Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The New One Minute Manager(R) and Leading at a Higher Level
"Michael credits me with teaching him to value thinking and communication preferences. He has written a practical guide to help you understand the behaviors needed to be highly impactful as a facilitative leader."
--Ann Herrmann-Nehdi, chief thought leader and chair of the board at Herrmann, creators of the HBDI Assessment and Whole Brain Thinking

8 Core Practices of Facilitative Leaders

Management & Leadership

The Porsha Principles

Self-Help

Jones, Porsha

Relationships

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