Stop the Meeting I Want to Get Off!.When I picked up Scott Snair's Stop the Meeting I Want to Get Off!: How to Eliminate Endless Meetings While Improving Your Team's Communication, Productivity, and Effectiveness I must admit I was intrigued. Who doesn't feel that too much unproductive time is spent in too many meetings? Who isn't looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. methods to improve an organization's communication flow without increasing the amount of time spent in meetings ? The author, an academic administrator with Seton Hall University's Stillman School of Business, asserts that effective managers could enhance the performance of their organization by not holding meetings. He recounts stories from managers of well-known businesses such as Johnson & Johnson, General Electric and Bethlehem Steel The Bethlehem Steel Corporation (1857–2003), based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, once was the second largest steel producer in the United States (after Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based US Steel). , who operated effectively without staff gatherings. Snair believes in the power of one-on-one communication. Rather than one two-hour meeting with 15 people, he suggests that meeting for 10 minutes individually with those who need to know will result in "higher quality, more personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. " interaction. This approach avoids the possible negative effects of "groupthink group·think n. The act or practice of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially when characterized by uncritical acceptance or conformity to prevailing points of view. Noun 1. " and will enhance the quality of relationships, increase productivity and improve morale, the author contends. The author encourages the use of technology, and he readily admits there are times when gathering a number of people together is necessary: training sessions; seminars; customer reviews; talk-through and walk-through rehearsals; conferences and conventions; group compliments; and pep talks. Parts of this book will cause strong dialogue around a table of school administrators. It caused me to reflect on some of the meetings I have managed and those I currently attend. In this era of accountability, where we are expected to do more with less, leaders must work smarter. Some of the tools in this book will show you how to make more efficient use of your most important resource--time. (Stop the Meeting I Want to Get Off!: How to Eliminate Endless Meetings While Improving Your Team's Communication, Productivity, and Effectiveness by Scott Snair, McGraw-Hill, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , N.Y., 2003, 260 pp., $14.95 softcover soft·cov·er adj. Not bound between hard covers: softcover books; a softcover edition. ) Donna S. McCaw Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, Western Illinois University For another university which uses the abbreviation "WIU", see Webber International University Athletics
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