Running Effective Meetings For Dummies Turn Every Meeting into a Productive, Engaging, and Results-Driven Experience

Running Effective Meetings For Dummies is a practical business guide designed to transform the way professionals plan and lead meetings. Written by industrial and organizational psychologist Joseph A. Allen and communication expert Karin Reed, this book tackles one of the most common workplace frustrations: unproductive meetings.

The core idea is simple yet powerful: “Meetings should create value, not consume time.” Whether you are leading brainstorming sessions, stakeholder updates, team check-ins, or hybrid Zoom meetings, the authors provide step-by-step strategies grounded in workplace psychology and communication science.