How to Run a Meeting (Harvard Business Review Classics) - Softcover

Jay, Antony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1422147908 ISBN 13: 9781422147900

Publisher: Harvard Business Press, 2009

Synopsis

What makes for a great meeting? As a leader, how can you keep discussions on point and productive? In "How to Run a Meeting", Antony Jay argues that too many leaders fail to plan adequately for meetings. In this bestselling article, he defines the characteristics that contribute to success , from keeping formal minutes to acknowledging junior staff first. These guidelines will help you get demonstrably better results from every meeting you run. Since 1922, "Harvard Business Review" has been a leading source of breakthrough ideas in management practice. "The Harvard Business Review Classics" series now offers you the opportunity to make these seminal pieces a part of your permanent management library. Each highly readable volume contains a groundbreaking idea that continues to shape best practices and inspire countless managers around the world.

About this title

About the Author:

Mr. Jay is chairman of Video Arts Ltd., a London-based producer of training films for industry. Currently, the company is producing a film (featuring John Cleese of Monty Python) on the subject of meetings, and this article springs from the research Mr. Jay did for that project. He has also written many TV documentaries, such as Royal Family, and authored several books, including Management & Machiavelli (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1968).

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard Business Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1422147908
• ISBN 13: 9781422147900
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64