Chapter 7: Leading productive management meetings

With managers spending between 70 and 90 percent of their workday communicating, a great deal of this time is spent in business meetings.

When meetings last too long or attendees fail to take meetings seriously or wander of topic during meetings, meetings tend to lose their value in organizations.

Hence, it is essential that managers learn how to plan properly for meetings, manage meeting problems and conflicts effectively and ensure that meetings to into positive action for the organization.