One of the ten Leadership books to watch in 2019 —The Washington Post ⧫ One of the top business books everybody will be reading in 2019 — Business Insider ⧫ As seen on “CBS This Morning”⧫ “In workplaces around the world, meetings are where productivity and creativity go to die. Steven Rogelberg is the world’s leading expert on how to fix them, and here he shares the best evidence on how we can stop wasting time and falling victim to groupthink.” —Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take A recent estimate suggests that employees endure a staggering 55 million meetings a day in the United States. This tremendous time investment yields only modest returns. No organization made up of human beings is immune from the all-too-common meeting gripes: those that fail to engage, those that inadvertently encourage participants to tune out, and those that blatantly disregard participants' time. Most companies and leaders view poor meetings as an inevitable cost of doing business. But managers can take heart: researchers now have a clear understanding of the key drivers that make meetings successful. In The Surprising Science of Meetings, Steven G. Rogelberg, researcher and consultant to some of the world's most successful companies, draws from extensive research, analytics and data mining, and survey interviews with over 5,000 employees across a range of industries to share the proven practices and techniques that help managers and employees enhance the quality of their meetings. For those who lead and participate in meetings, Rogelberg provides immediate direction, guidance, and relief, offering a how-to guide to change your working life starting today.

2019年要看的十本领导力书籍之一——华盛顿邮报⧫ 2019年人人都将阅读的顶级商业书籍之一——商业内幕⧫ 就像在“哥伦比亚广播公司今早”上看到的那样⧫ “在世界各地的工作场所，会议是生产力和创造力的死亡之地。Steven Rogelberg是世界上解决这些问题的顶尖专家，在这里，他分享了最好的证据，说明我们如何停止浪费时间和成为群体思维的牺牲品，《纽约时报》畅销书《给予与索取》的作者最近估计，在美国，员工每天要忍受5500万次惊人的会议。这一巨大的时间投资只产生了微薄的回报。任何一个由人类组成的组织都无法避免那些过于常见的会议抱怨：那些未能参与的组织，那些无意中鼓励参与者退出的组织，以及那些公然无视参与者时间的组织。大多数公司和领导人都认为糟糕的会议是做生意不可避免的代价。但管理者们可以振作起来：研究人员现在对会议成功的关键驱动因素有了清晰的认识。在令人惊讶的会议科学中，史蒂文G。Rogelberg是一些世界上最成功的公司的研究员和顾问，他从广泛的研究、分析和数据挖掘中汲取经验，并对不同行业的5000多名员工进行了调查访谈，以分享经验证的实践和技术，帮助经理和员工提高会议质量。对于那些领导和参加会议的人，罗格尔伯格提供了直接的指导、指导和救济，为从今天开始改变你的工作生活提供了操作指南。