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

Chronic Pain / Books / Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable...About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business




Electronics & Office

Electronics
Camera & Photo
Office Products
Software
Video Games
Personal Computers
Cell Phones

Books, Music, DVD

Books
DVD
Magazines
Popular Music
Classical Music
Videos

Kids & Baby

Baby
Toys & Games
Video Games

Home & Garden

Bed & Bath
Furniture & Décor
Housewares
Kitchen
Outdoor Living
Tools & Hardware
Vacuums & Floor Care
Home Audio & Video


 

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

Author: Patrick M. Lencioni
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0787968056

$16.47


 

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

Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable...About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business
by: Patrick M. Lencioni


Editorial Review:

Casey McDaniel had never been so nervous in his life. 

 In just ten minutes, The Meeting, as it would forever be known, would begin.  Casey had every reason to believe that his performance over the next two hours would determine the fate of his career, his financial future, and the company he had built from scratch.

 "How could my life have unraveled so quickly?" he wondered.

 In his latest page-turning work of business fiction, best-selling author Patrick Lencioni provides readers with another powerful and thought-provoking book, this one centered around a cure for the most painful yet underestimated problem of modern business: bad meetings.  And what he suggests is both simple and revolutionary.

 Casey McDaniel, the founder and CEO of Yip Software, is in the midst of a problem he created, but one he doesn't know how to solve.  And he doesn't know where or who to turn to for advice.  His staff can't help him; they're as dumbfounded as he is by their tortuous meetings. 

Then an unlikely advisor, Will Peterson, enters Casey's world.  When he proposes an unconventional, even radical, approach to solving the meeting problem, Casey is just desperate enough to listen. 

 As in his other books, Lencioni provides a framework for his groundbreaking model, and makes it applicable to the real world.  Death by Meeting is nothing short of a blueprint for leaders who want to eliminate waste and frustration among their teams, and create environments of engagement and passion. 

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Lessons for any organization that holds meetings:

In general I like the flow of Patrick Lencioni's books. He certainly has a creative streak which even gets the non-readers on leadership teams to actually get engaged in the topic at hand. This leadership fable did seem to drag on a bit more than the fables in his other books, particularly the Five Dysfunctions of a Team and the Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive, hence the 4 stars versus 5.
The material covered in this book is neither new nor extraordinarily ground-breaking, rather it is a... more info

No one likes conflicts, but it is inevitable:

The author tries to compare meetings with movies and to convince people that a meeting with conflicts is the most interesting one. His reasoning is that the reason people like to watch movies is conflict that a movie depicts.
In reality, no one like to see conflicts happen to themselves, though they are fascinated with conflicts happened to others with which they have no relationship.
However, that does not say that there is no way to deal with conflicts. Conflict is reality that exists in our... more info

great read:

great read- easy read, strong message- made a huge impact on how I run meetings and the value my firm gets out of them. The week after I read it we had our best office meetinig ever. One worker later told me that it was just 'lucky' that we had a great meeting. Little did he know it was definately not luck.

Highlights Good and Bad Meeting Practices:

Patrick Lencioni highlights both good and bad meeting practices in "Death by Meeting." Meetings are a central component of the day-to-day operations at most modern businesses, and this book addresses the "practice" of meetings in a direct, head-on and meaningful fashion.
Some of my take-aways from this book were...meetings can be run poorly in many ways and the downstream effects of bad meetings are potentially significant and many.
Written in Lencioni's "fable and Model" style, I found the Model... more info


Similar Products:

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable
by Patrick M. Lencioni
(Hardcover)
Silos, Politics and Turf Wars: A Leadership Fable About Destroying the Barriers That Turn Colleagues Into Competitors Silos, Politics and Turf Wars: A Leadership Fable About Destroying the Barriers...
by Patrick M. Lencioni
(Hardcover)
The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive: A Leadership Fable The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive: A Leadership Fable
by Patrick M. Lencioni
(Hardcover)
Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers,...
by Patrick M. Lencioni
(Paperback)
The Three Signs of a Miserable Job: A Fable for Managers (And Their Employees) The Three Signs of a Miserable Job: A Fable for Managers (And Their Employees)
by Patrick M. Lencioni
(Hardcover)
The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable
by Patrick M. Lencioni
(Hardcover)
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don t Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
by Jim Collins
(Hardcover)
First, Break All the Rules: What the World s Greatest Managers Do Differently First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently
by Marcus Buckingham, Curt Coffman
(Hardcover)
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High
by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, Stephen R. Covey
(Paperback)
Portions © Amazon.com, Inc.






Featuring TOP Sellers in DVDs! ...
 
The Dark Knight (+ Digital Copy and BD Live) [Blu-ray] The Dark Knight (+ Digital Copy and BD Live) [Blu-ray]
from Warner Home Video
(Blu-ray)
Wall-E (Widescreen Single-Disc Edition) Wall-E (Widescreen Single-Disc Edition)
from WALT DISNEY VIDEO
(DVD)
The Dark Knight (Widescreen Single-Disc Edition) The Dark Knight (Widescreen Single-Disc Edition)
from Warner Home Video
(DVD)
The Dark Knight (Two-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy) The Dark Knight (Two-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy)
from Warner Home Video
(DVD)
Dr. Horrible s Sing-Along Blog (Amazon.com Exclusive) Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Amazon.com Exclusive)
from Mutant Enemy, INC.
(DVD)
Mamma Mia! The Movie (Two Disc Special Edition) Mamma Mia! The Movie (Two Disc Special Edition)
from Universal Studios
(DVD)
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
from WALT DISNEY VIDEO
(DVD)
The Dark Knight (Full-Screen Single-Disc Edition) The Dark Knight (Full-Screen Single-Disc Edition)
from Warner Home Video
(DVD)
Lost - The Complete Fourth Season Lost - The Complete Fourth Season
from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
(DVD)

  • SONY Playstation Portable | Obagi Blender | Form a Corporation | GPS Magellan | HGH




  • Other Health Resources: Asthma 1b


    Search




     

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