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Susskind, Lawrence.

Breaking Robert's rules : = the new way to run your meeting, build consensus, and get results /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Breaking Robert's rules :/ Lawrence E. Susskind and Jeffrey L. Cruikshank.
Reminder of title:	the new way to run your meeting, build consensus, and get results /
Author:	Susskind, Lawrence.
other author:	Cruikshank, Jeffrey L.
Published:	Oxford ;Oxford University Press, : c2006.,
Description:	xvi, 222 p. :ill. ; : 21 cm.;
Subject:	Conflict management. -
Online resource:	Contributor biographical information
Online resource:	Table of contents
Online resource:	Publisher description
ISBN:	9780195308419

Breaking Robert's rules : = the new way to run your meeting, build consensus, and get results /
Susskind, Lawrence.

Breaking Robert's rules :the new way to run your meeting, build consensus, and get results /Lawrence E. Susskind and Jeffrey L. Cruikshank. - Oxford ;Oxford University Press,c2006. - xvi, 222 p. :ill. ;21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [216]-217) and index.

Why break Robert's rules? -- What is consensus? -- Getting the right people to the table -- Assigning tasks and leadership responsibilities -- The importance of facilitation -- Confirming that agreement has been reached -- Crafting "nearly self-enforcing" agreements -- Overcoming the barriers to CBA -- Step 1: Convening -- Step 2: Assigning roles and responsibilities -- Step 3: Facilitating group problem-solving -- Step 4: Reaching agreement -- Step 5: Holding parties to their commitments.

Every day in communities across America hundreds of committees, boards, church groups, and social clubs hold meetings where they spend their time engaged in shouting matches and acrimonious debate. Whether they are aware of it or not, the procedures that most such groups rely on to reach decisions were first laid out as Robert's Rules more than 150 years ago by an officer in the U.S. Army's Corps of Engineers. Its arcane rituals of parliamentary procedure and majority rule usually produce a victorious majority and a very dissatisfied minority that expects to raise its concerns, again, at the next possible meeting. This book clearly spells out how any group can work together effectively. After briefly explaining the problems created by Robert's rules, the guide outlines the five key steps toward consensus building, and addresses the specific problems that often get in the way of a group's progress. Appendices include a basic one page "handy guide" that can be distributed at meetings and a case study demonstrating how the ideas presented in the book can also be applied in a corporate context. Written in a non-technical and engaging style, and containing clear ideas and instructions that anyone can understand and use, this one-of-a-kind guide will prove an essential tool for any group desperate to find ways of making their meetings more effective. In addition, neighborhood associations, ad hoc committees, social clubs, and other informal groups lacking a clear hierarchy will find solid advice on how to move forward without resorting to "majority rules" or bickering over who will take leadership positions. This book will change the way you hold meetings forever, paving the way for efficiency, efficacy, and peaceful decision making.

ISBN: 9780195308419

LCCN: 2006003491Subjects--Topical Terms:

563175
Conflict management.

LC Class. No.: HM746 / .S87 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 060.42

Breaking Robert's rules : = the new way to run your meeting, build consensus, and get results /
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