Meet Sandra Janoff and Marvin Weisbord, co-authors of Don't Just Do Something, Stand There!
Sandra Janoff is an acclaimed international facilitator and Marvin Weisbord is the winner of the Organization Development Network's "Lifetime Achievement Award." Together, they co-authored this creatively instructional guide for how to lead productive meetings. Sandra Janoff, consultant and psychologist, works with Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, communities and non-profits on whole systems transformation. She is co-director, along with Marvin Weisbord, of Future Search Network (formerly SearchNet) an international non-profit dedicated to community service, colleagiality and learning. For more information, please visit www.futuresearch.net.
Marvin Weisbord's book Productive Workplaces was listed among the "Top Five Most Influential OD books of the Past 40 Years." He is an emeritus member of the European Institute for Transnational Studies and a fellow of the World Academy of Productivity Science. Since the 1980's he has been a resource faculty member in the Organization and Systems Renewal Program, formerly at Antioch University in Seattle and now housed at Seattle University. He also participates as visiting faculty in the doctoral program in Organization Development at Benedictine University, Lisle, IL.
Marvin is co-director of the non-profit Future Search Network (FSN). The Network has members on every continent, collaborating to help people improve their lives in the arts, business, communities, education, environment, health care, social services, technology, and other sectors. Together with Sandra he manages Future Searches and consults with anyone who wishes to make a difference in their community or company. For more information, visit http://www.marvinweisbord.com/index.html.
Don't Just Do Something, Stand There!
Ten principles for leading meetings that matter.
This practical guide details ten key principles that will profoundly change the way you think about, organize, and lead the meetings that matter most. Rather than trying to change anyone's behavior, Weisbord and Janoff show you how to change the conditions under which people interact. By doing less, you help others do more. With examples from around the world, and practical tips and exercises in every chapter, Don't Just Do Something, Stand There! gives you many new techniques for helping people discover common ground, make productive use of dissension, and take responsibility for action.
Presents often contrarian insights into how to design meetings that actually accomplish something
Filled with case examples and exercises
Draws on the authors' decades of experience working with businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies worldwide
You can achieve critical outcomes when you experience yourself as part of a group --a "whole system"-- that can fragment or develop from one moment to the next. Meeting leaders have a special role in maintaining a system's task focus and boundaries. You can play this role without diagnosing behavior, interpreting what "stage" a group is in, or rushing to fix every problem that comes up. Learn to be a "dependable authority" without acting like an authoritarian
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