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tracylreynolds's review against another edition
4.0
This book would be more highly rated but for the truly annoying narrative that accompanies the lessons.
I had to grit my teeth and work through the awful story for the totally useful and very awesome business lessons.
I had to grit my teeth and work through the awful story for the totally useful and very awesome business lessons.
michaelmck5's review against another edition
5.0
Very helpful book. Great insight into the misconceptions of meetings in the business world. The fable format made it interesting and the Lencioni wrapped up the book with practical steps to implement the meeting structure. Well worth the read.
bethpeninger's review against another edition
4.0
Another leadership fable. It's the title that caught my attention - Death by Meeting. How many hallelujahs are being said upon reading that title? We all know how it feels to be stuck in a meeting in which we can feel our very life being sucked out of us. I read this in my CE of the workplace.
This was a really interesting and informative way of looking at the problem of meetings and how to solve them. I realized while reading this that the current ELT at my workplace has either read this book and implemented its ideas or just somehow "knew" to follow this model for meetings. I'm guessing one of them read the book. I don't mean that as an insult but they follow this model so closely that somebody on the team had to have brought it to the table, so to speak.
Lencioni writes a leadership fable (it's all the rage you know) about bad meetings and how they impact the entire organization - morale and productivity. Every action or lack thereof touches and affects others, nothing is 100% isolated and contained to itself. Workplace morale, productivity, engagement, etc are all created by how the ELT conducts their meetings because what happens, or doesn't happen, in those meetings filters down to everyone each of the ELT oversees.
About a year ago I started changing the way I recorded and had meetings with my boss. Reading this gave me reminders of practices I had considered but never implemented and ideas of how to improve the meetings we have and how I can help him troubleshoot other meetings he may be having that aren't getting any results. I found this book to be a great resource.
This was a really interesting and informative way of looking at the problem of meetings and how to solve them. I realized while reading this that the current ELT at my workplace has either read this book and implemented its ideas or just somehow "knew" to follow this model for meetings. I'm guessing one of them read the book. I don't mean that as an insult but they follow this model so closely that somebody on the team had to have brought it to the table, so to speak.
Lencioni writes a leadership fable (it's all the rage you know) about bad meetings and how they impact the entire organization - morale and productivity. Every action or lack thereof touches and affects others, nothing is 100% isolated and contained to itself. Workplace morale, productivity, engagement, etc are all created by how the ELT conducts their meetings because what happens, or doesn't happen, in those meetings filters down to everyone each of the ELT oversees.
About a year ago I started changing the way I recorded and had meetings with my boss. Reading this gave me reminders of practices I had considered but never implemented and ideas of how to improve the meetings we have and how I can help him troubleshoot other meetings he may be having that aren't getting any results. I found this book to be a great resource.
rebeccaday61's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
4.0
Good concept, easy to follow. Will take work to implement. This gave similar concepts as you will read in the conflict section of the 5 Dysfunctions of a Team. Patrick tells his story in a fable version and then gives you the tactics once again at the end. Loved the connection of meetings to film.
lian_pauly's review against another edition
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
Given to me by my manager to get some additional perspective on meetings. Was kind of cringy but had good takeaways for making meetings better.
nancysbooknook's review
2.0
I'm a Lencioni fan, but this did not do it for me. Fable was uninspiring and a bit ridiculous. Read the Exec Summary and you will get all you need from this book.
davefoolery's review against another edition
4.0
It might be a coincidence, but I went to a good meeting the day after I finished this. Good stuff worth thinking about, at least if meetings are a big part of life.