Meetings should matter. No one wants to be called in for a meeting that could've been an email. No one wants to sit in a meeting where everyone's distracted or talking over each other. If you're going to attend or lead a meeting, don't you want it to...well, matter? Meetings are a chance to initiate a conversation with your teammates. You can communicate information with them that wouldn't have the same hold digitally. You can foster new relationships with your coworkers, and learn from their new ideas and perspectives. So why do so many people dread meetings? Because they're doing them all wrong. Change the way people think about meetings. Transform their opinions by holding a meeting that is efficient and productive, that is open and communicative, that is useful and important. Revolutionize the definition of a meeting. Learn to make them matter. Paul Axtell affirms the importance of meetings, and he redesigns them using the vital foundation of conversation. With real-life examples and actionable advice, he shows you how to design meetings for results, lead them to achieve agendas that move projects forward, and even allow time for building the relationships that make working together in a remarkable way possible. Based on his award winning efficiency training, this book will revolutionize the meeting-moving it from that dreaded obligation to a powerful way to get things done in business and in life.

Learn how to be a good boss and become the leader everyone wants to work for. People want to work for someone they respect, someone who is on their side. And when employees feel seen, heard, and valued by their supervisors, employee engagement improves, productivity increases, and the entire organization benefits. In his new motivational management book on authentic leadership, award-winning author and personal effectiveness trainer and consultant Paul Axtell reveals sixteen simple steps you can start taking right now to develop your emotional intelligence and leadership skills and become a manager who leads with compassion. This leadership development book is a quick one-hour read and is for any business leader or manager looking to improve their organizational leadership in order to lead high-performing teams that-above all else-feel trusted, respected, and motivated in their work.