DigitalRob reviewed Death by Meeting by Patrick Lencioni (Leadership Fable (4))
Review of 'Death by Meeting' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Meetings are tough, and everyone hates them, but they are important. Death by Meeting by Lencioni (amzn.to/32YH0Xj) is a great learning tool for creating purposeful meetings.
This review with my summary of the structure can be found here: bit.ly/2NIb4RY
(It’s just a Google Doc. I’m not trying to do bad stuff.)
This book is succinct in its story and with its ideas. Lencioni is pretty clear that the structure for meetings that he outlines here is an idea, and that it needs to be adapted to each organization. This isn't an unchangeable blueprint that will solve all meeting whoas. The story provides an outline with great examples and analogies for creating a working meeting structure.
The last chapter also summarizes the rest of the story/book, so for those in a hurry, read the last chapter; that said, the story really is meaty. It provides real-ish examples to …
Meetings are tough, and everyone hates them, but they are important. Death by Meeting by Lencioni (amzn.to/32YH0Xj) is a great learning tool for creating purposeful meetings.
This review with my summary of the structure can be found here: bit.ly/2NIb4RY
(It’s just a Google Doc. I’m not trying to do bad stuff.)
This book is succinct in its story and with its ideas. Lencioni is pretty clear that the structure for meetings that he outlines here is an idea, and that it needs to be adapted to each organization. This isn't an unchangeable blueprint that will solve all meeting whoas. The story provides an outline with great examples and analogies for creating a working meeting structure.
The last chapter also summarizes the rest of the story/book, so for those in a hurry, read the last chapter; that said, the story really is meaty. It provides real-ish examples to build understanding. The concept that meetings need conflict is difficult to really grasp without the examples in the story.
I listened to this book, and I found myself stopping during my morning walks to add notes from my phone, so that I wouldn’t forget anything. I’ll add the basic meeting structure Lencioni outlines below.
I also believe that this book is a great companion to Radical Candor (amzn.to/2GaUJ1P) by Scott. Scott advocates meeting with direct reports each week, which isn’t always possible if the supervisor has a lot of direct reports. The ideas in both books compliment each other.
Anyone in charge of a project or a group of people for a sustained amount of time and needs to communicate well should read this book… and Radical Candor.
