Manipulating Meetings shows how to use meetings to your best advantage so that every meeting is an opportunity, not a chore. It provides the best and most successful techniques to enable you to achieve your objectives, including: how to decide if your meeting is really necessary, chair and control meetings effectively, and compose dynamic agendas. It gives practical advice on dealing with time wasters, ambushes and bullies, whilst getting your own point across clearly and getting your own way. Take advantage of over 100 real life case studies and strategic advice. Become the leader in meetings. Make every meeting an opportunity to get what you want.

Manipulating Meetings shows how to use meetings to your best advantage so that every meeting is an opportunity, not a chore. It provides the best and most successful techniques to enable you to achieve your objectives, including: how to decide if your meeting is really necessary, chair and control meetings effectively, and compose dynamic agendas. It gives practical advice on dealing with time wasters, ambushes and bullies, whilst getting your own point across clearly and getting your own way. Take advantage of over 100 real life case studies and strategic advice. Become the leader in meetings. Make every meeting an opportunity to get what you want.

David Martin FCIS, FIPM, is a qualified Chartered Secretary. He runs his own consultancy business, Buddenbrook, carrying out projects on issues such as corporate communications, personnel documentation and management. He writes regularly for Company Secretaries Review and Administrator and is consultant editor of Business Administrator. He is a regular seminar and conference speaker.