My book Lead Better Meetings: Get Better Results is available free on a Amazon.com promotion from Friday, December 29, 2023, 12:00 AM PST until Tuesday, January 2, 2024, 11:59 PM PST. Here is a link to the book https://a.co/d/iBMyTGk
The Original
Inspiration For The Book
I was
inspired to write Lead Better Meetings: Get Better Results after I was
invited to speak to two groups about running more effective meetings and
keeping work groups focused and engaged. New managers in particular will often
struggle to get off to a good start with their teams. The book provides a simple,
repeatable structure to start and manage meetings. The simple, repeatable
structure may be all that is required for an agenda in many meetings.
After my
presentation, I thought it would be worthwhile to capture the approach in a
book. So, I did that.
E-Book
Only Format
The book is
available in e-book format only. While I’m pleased with and proud of the
content, there aren’t sufficient pages to justify publishing the content as a
paperback. When a book has fewer than 100 pages, it doesn’t look professional as
a skinny paperback. Instead, it looks
like a pamphlet.
Four
Books In Four Years
I’ve now
produced four books in four years, and am quite content if that’s where my
published quantity of work remains, but inspiration will likely strike again.
In April, I present to a group about managing conflict and difficult conversations. That presentation is largely prepared already
as I write this in December 2023, although I will continue to round and shape
the material. Perhaps I will be inspired
to write my point of view on this topic. I did publish a blog post previously https://gycz.blogspot.com/2023/07/imagining-conflict-when-none-exists.html
A key
concept in my approach to managing conflict is to test if it exists. Often
people will perceive conflict, invent reasons why the perceived conflict
exists, and manufacture weirdness in how the parties interact thereby further solidifying reasons why awkwardness, or perceived conflict, exists in the
relationship. In my opinion, a key
aspect of professionalism is learning to ask, when a healthy working
relationship is desired, if another person is upset.
Promotion
Period
This e-book
promotion runs from Friday, December 29, 2023, 12:00 AM PST until Tuesday,
January 2, 2024, 11:59 PM PST at this link https://a.co/d/iBMyTGk.
Conclusion
Well executed
team meetings are immensely helpful in focusing and enabling a team to achieve their
goals. Meetings that aren’t well executed can be a colossal waste of time.
If you take
advantage of this free book promotion, I hope you find value in the content. As
a writer, comments and reviews are always welcome, although most readers
neither comment or review. I am interested in comments and feedback whether
positive or offering opportunity for clarification and improvement.
Additional opportunity
for feedback is available here https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20360994.Jim_Kokocki
A Gift
Article About Reducing Meetings
Here is a gift link from my Washington Post subscription about a company that shook up their routine and reduced the number of recurring meetings they hold thereby gaining 11 hours of productive time per month
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