How can you stop people from destroying your meeting, confounding the discussion, confusing the issues, complaining, nitpicking and pursuing their own political agendas?

Why do people hate meetings, slip on deadlines, and feel frustrated when nothing is getting done?

Why does so much useless energy go into defending turf instead of creating a shared vision?

Slay the Dragons - Free the Genie: Moving Past Negativity and Resistance to Get Great Results was written to help turn meetings from an exercise in futility to a powerful energizing force.

From novices to CEOs and Board Members, in the worlds of business, academia, government and non-profits, Slay the Dragons – Free the Genie offers new information and techniques. These accessible tools and processes will help you be the master of your meetings and promote the agenda that you want to advance, releasing the creative energy of the group and producing a landslide of new ideas and new solutions.

Anyone who has worked in organizations knows how deadly meetings can be—particularly those in which something is being planned, like a project, an annual operating plan or a long-term strategic plan.

This book incorporates and goes beyond team building, creative thinking and planning theory. Slay the Dragons-Free the Genie offers practical, actionable tools for running innovation and visioning sessions and for making any meeting come alive. This engaging, humorous and powerful step-by-step guide describes how to break through entrenched cultures. It is a must read for team leaders who want to help organizations:

• Get past turf issues to visualize a common future
• Unlock untapped potential and unleash innovation
• Create a consensus gameplan with built-in accountability

Employing these techniques, you will suddenly see hopeful people at all
levels of an organization—not just executive levels—stretching,
dreaming and re-inventing themselves and their organization.