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Managing meetings

Find out how to run better meetings, how to chair meetings, take minutes and participate more effectively with our selection of books, articles and online resources.
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Latest on managing meetings

Read our latest features and articles on managing meetings.
How to maximise your virtual impact
  • Article
  • 24 Aug 2022
Virtual meetings and events look set to continue beyond the pandemic, but this can be a more challenging environment in which to communicate and connect.
Exclusive Make your meetings productive
  • Article
  • 11 Sep 2019
Steven G Rogelberg advises on facilitating productive meetings in this extract from his book, The Surprising Science of Meetings.
Exclusive Make your meetings better
  • Article
  • 07 Jun 2019
Matthew Leitch looks at some of the most common and important challenges when steering meetings through uncertainty and risk
Exclusive Effective meetings
  • Article
  • 12 Sep 2018
Constructing the most effective meetings takes a lot more than just arriving five minutes early and sticking to the topic. Beth Ashmead Latham reports.
Exclusive Sorting out dysfunctional meetings
  • Article
  • 17 May 2018
Sitting through dysfunctional meetings can feel like a marathon. But there are ways to save time and keep employees engaged, says David Parmenter.

Webinars

Do more in a day than you do in a week
  • Webinar
  • 25 Mar 2020
Being effective is a crucial aspect of our wellbeing. This webinar explores some of the latest thinking and practical productivity hacks, leaving you with the capacity to clear the mind, define what's important to you and be as effective as you can be. 
Difficult conversations
  • Webinar
  • 13 Jul 2018
This webinar provides practical tips on how to deal with difficult conversations. It took place on 11 July 2018.
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eBooks

The ICAEW Library & Information Service provides full text access to a selection of key business and reference eBooks from leading publishers. eBooks are available to logged-in ICAEW members, ACA students and other entitled users. If you are unable to access an eBook, please see our Help and support advice or contact library@icaew.com.

Exclusive Taking minutes of meetings
  • eBook
  • 2006
  • Joanna Gutmann
  • Kogan Page
Explains the functions of minutes and how to take them.
Exclusive Running board meetings: how to get the most from them
  • eBook
  • 2005
  • Patrick Dunne
  • Kogan Page
Guide to preparing for and chairing meetings with a board of directors.
Exclusive Concise Adair on communication and presentation skills, The
  • eBook
  • 2003
  • John Adair, Neil Thomas
  • Thorogood
A guide to communicating for managers and leaders.
Exclusive Complete speechmaker
  • eBook
  • 2003
  • Greville Janner
  • Thorogood
A guide to public speaking.
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Exclusive The silent risk - Never take 'K(no)w' for an answer! Embracing emergent conversations for change and innovation in business meetings
  • Article
  • 01 Apr 2023
  • Robert Lengel
Dr. Robert H. Lengel discusses a way to host strategic conversations bringing stakeholders together in pursuit of changing organizational culture. He describes a method he has developed called 'conversation walls', which involves collating anonymous phrases used by staff in both their public and private conversations. This aims to reveal pent-up negativity and emotions which are not given space for expression in traditional business meetings.
Exclusive Improve your one-on-one meetings
  • Article
  • 01 Nov 2022
  • Steven G Rogelberg
One-on-one meetings with your direct reports can be a highly effective leadership tool, says Steven G.Rogelberg. Managers who fully embrace 1:1 meetings can make their teams' day-to-day output more efficient, build trust and improve employee engagement.
Exclusive 12+ tips to make remote meetings more effective
  • Article
  • 20 Dec 2021
  • Jonny Evans
Tips for managing remote meetings - including avoiding content-heavy presentation slides and simplifying presentation, running smaller, shorter meetings rather than longer all-hands-on-deck meetings, and chairing interactions to ensure everyone gets a chance to speak.
Exclusive Meaningful meetings
  • Article
  • 01 Aug 2021
  • Steven G.Rogelberg
Steven G.Rogelberg offers some ideas to make meetings more meaningful and productive. He suggests ways to help facilitate discussion and end meetings well.
Exclusive Optimizing virtual team meetings: Attendee and leader perspectives
  • Article
  • 01 Jun 2021
  • Liana Kreamer, Steven Rogelberg, George Stock
The authors report on their study into the effectiveness of virtual meetings. They highlight meeting tactics which are particularly useful for virtual meetings; using these strategies will help mitigate many of the common challenges of virtual meetings.
Exclusive Make a resolution to avoid common leadership mistakes
  • Article
  • 01 Dec 2020
  • Mike McHargue
Based on interviews carried out with hundreds of leaders, the author outlines common errors made by both new and veteran leaders alike. Discusses how small improvements by senior leaders can have a profound effect on an organisation and its people.
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Articles and books in the ICAEW Library collection

The collection of the ICAEW Library & Information Service includes a range of articles, books and reports on managing meetings. Use the links below to see what we have available to request in our Library catalogue (Libcat).
Company meetings handbook
  • Library book
  • 2020
  • S.Lawrence
  • ICSA Publishing
This book will act as your ultimate reference point to all things meetings, an area that is more complex than ever in the new working environment. This book will ensure that these meetings are fully understood and undertaken in the most efficient and valuable manner.
Effective minute taking
  • Library book
  • 2013
  • R.Robson
  • ICSA Information & Training Ltd
This book provides practical guidelines for overcoming most of the problems faced by minute-takers, and helps readers ensure accuracy in their minute-taking.
The modern law of meetings
  • Library book
  • 2013
  • N.Briggs
  • Jordans
This book deals with the law and practice of company, insolvency and local authority meetings, as well as meetings to conduct business generally. It provides a thorough analysis of the meeting process, from deciding when a meeting is needed, the convening of a meeting, its conduct and management, to the keeping of lawful and adequate records.

External resources - Guides and factsheets

Leadership guide
  • Website
  • Atom Content Marketing
Successful companies use board meetings to create and improve key business strategies. A similar approach can benefit smaller businesses and strategy meetings in general. This business guide covers board meeting objectives, board papers, running the meeting, follow-up to the meeting and improving board skills.
Management development
  • Website
  • Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
This factsheet considers what management development is, the challenges of developing managers, the relationship between management and leadership, and the link between management development and business strategy. It then explores techniques used to identify development needs, including management competences and performance management.
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