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acoffman7's review
5.0
I started this book because I hated meetings and thought it would justify my hatred of useless time spent not doing real work. Instead I’m actually excited for my meetings tomorrow.
mrsdragon's review
4.0
I first read this straight out of school and was astonished at how obvious the advice seemed. Having worked for several years now, I picked it back up and was instead astonished at how relevant and useful the advice was. Written in Lencioni's signature style, the message is first demonstrated in a "fable" and then the theory is laid out in a smaller section in the back. I found the fable slightly less pedantic than the one in The Five Dysfunctions of a Team and the theory more straightforward. This books lays out a fairly user ready plan for the four types of meetings and what their purposes are. If more people followed these guidelines more meetings would be constructive and purposeful.
andyreadsfantasy's review
5.0
4.5 stars.
Lencioni is one of my favorite leadership authors. He always presents the information in a way that’s easy to digest, using fables/stories. And he delivered again with this book.
The information at the end was a little dry and repetitive, but that’s the only criticism I have.
Lencioni is one of my favorite leadership authors. He always presents the information in a way that’s easy to digest, using fables/stories. And he delivered again with this book.
The information at the end was a little dry and repetitive, but that’s the only criticism I have.
miriamreads's review
4.0
4.5 stars
I am relatively new to business books which makes the structure of this book so accessible for me. It is told as a fable which made it easier to process as someone used to reading fiction. Telling the story as a fable made me more invested and thought about the different tactics on multiple levels. When I was invested it made the lessons intriguing. It was throughly enjoyable and easy to read.
I am relatively new to business books which makes the structure of this book so accessible for me. It is told as a fable which made it easier to process as someone used to reading fiction. Telling the story as a fable made me more invested and thought about the different tactics on multiple levels. When I was invested it made the lessons intriguing. It was throughly enjoyable and easy to read.
jacobstraub's review
3.0
There's really nothing new in this book that 3 dozen other business books don't say.
1. Have a daily stand up meeting
2. Have a weekly team meeting focused on tge week ahead
3. Have a monthly staff meeting song goals and strategies
It's presented in an interesting way and some nuggets are very intriguing, but nothing special and still a fun quick read.
1. Have a daily stand up meeting
2. Have a weekly team meeting focused on tge week ahead
3. Have a monthly staff meeting song goals and strategies
It's presented in an interesting way and some nuggets are very intriguing, but nothing special and still a fun quick read.
dashtaisen's review
informative
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
1.5
The “Model” section at the end of the book had some useful high-level observations about meetings in general: have different kinds of meetings with specific purposes, not all meetings need to have an agenda, some meetings need to be quite long, and conflict is important and necessary.
Handling conflict in a heathy and productive way is the most important part of the book, and yet the author says hardly anything about it. Aside from the leader reassuring the team that this conflict is important. The author admits that this is paternalistic, but doesn’t offer suggestions. I very much worry about what will happen to folks from underrepresented backgrounds when an inexperienced facilitator asks the team to just “let ‘er rip” during a meeting.
The fable was a slog. The introduction was confusing — it seemed for a little while that author was claiming that work/life balance is bad. Fortunately this doesn’t turn out to be a key suggestion for the book, although I’m still left wondering if the author believes this. And using the act of someone with OCD and Tourette’s going off their meds as a plot device was lazy, ineffective, and honestly pretty cruel.
Handling conflict in a heathy and productive way is the most important part of the book, and yet the author says hardly anything about it. Aside from the leader reassuring the team that this conflict is important. The author admits that this is paternalistic, but doesn’t offer suggestions. I very much worry about what will happen to folks from underrepresented backgrounds when an inexperienced facilitator asks the team to just “let ‘er rip” during a meeting.
The fable was a slog. The introduction was confusing — it seemed for a little while that author was claiming that work/life balance is bad. Fortunately this doesn’t turn out to be a key suggestion for the book, although I’m still left wondering if the author believes this. And using the act of someone with OCD and Tourette’s going off their meds as a plot device was lazy, ineffective, and honestly pretty cruel.