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 let me save you $16.47 Nov 17, 2009
Have short, to the point meetings, and have things decided at them.
This book drones on and on with a truly rephrensible made-up example. It is diadic generally very poorly written. The advice is trite and quite frankly intuative.
It only makes it more painful Sep 09, 2009
Another "easy read" by Lencioni: not a jargon filled tome filled with executive psychobabble.
He lays out a interesting paradigm for approaching meetings.
My only complaint is that he's made sitting in meetings even more painful! Now the dysfunctionality is painfully clear.
 Extremely useful for running good meetings Jul 09, 2009
This has been an extremely useful book as I have been struggling with the "Most Painful Problem in Business" as Patrick Lencioni puts it. In our company we have many back-back meetings and most of the days it feels like all you do is go from meeting to meeting. I have also been guilty of conducting unproductive meetings. So when I came across this book and read the first pages it felt like the perfect book that can help me solve the problem that I was struggling with. After completing the book, I now have very clear guidelines as to how make meetings more productive. I am completely bought on the "mining conflict" concept. Also useful is deciding on what type of meeting it is going to be "Daily Check-In", "Weekly Tactical", "Monthly Strategic" or "Quarterly Off-site". For those of you struggling with the quantity and quality of meetings, this is an excellent book that gives you many insights and practical steps to make your meetings better.
-- Jun 14, 2009
Death By Meeting
by Patrick Lencioni
Review by David Mundt
Death By Meeting is Patrick Lencioni's fourth book and it focuses on what many consider to be a necessary evil in any business: meetings; boring meetings, to be specific. Casey McDaniel, the founder and CEO of Yip Software and Will Peterson, a temporary assistant, are the two main characters in the story. The weekly staff meeting has become unbearable and unproductive; a meeting that even Casey's key staff is seeking to avoid. And Yip Software is in danger of losing its competitive edge. Casey is bewildered until Will, a temporary assistant, begins to analyze the situation more closely.
Like his other books, this book is written as a leadership fable; a story that illustrates the very points he wants to make (and for those who don't enjoy the story, the lessons are explained in a more didactic format at the end of the book). Using lessons learned from the media industry, Lencioni provides simple yet effective answers to the problem of boring, unproductive meetings. One word of caution: Lencioni's characters are not Christ-followers and, at times, their language is coarse.
The solutions provided in this book are as innovative as they are fruitful. It will take some effort to sort through which of his ideas are transferable to your situation, but it will be time and energy well-spent. If your job requires you to attend or lead meetings regularly, I would strongly recommend this book
Great Help for Church Leaders Jun 03, 2009
This was an excellent book on conducting meetings in a better fashion. Most ministers and workers in the church have dealt with poorly run meetings. Sometimes these meetings can feel like a worst of time because nothing is accomplished besides fights and disargeement. There has to be a better way to run a meeting. This book is excellent in improving the meeting process in the church. All of the suggestions would not work in a congregation framework, but the majority of the advice would translate over to the church. This book is easy to understand and easy to implement. I would encourage all elders, deacons, and minister team players to read this and implement some of the ideas. It would make church run better with less frustration by the members. I highly recommend this book. The church needs this.
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