This Skill Builder provides an opportunity for students to apply the chapter concepts to their own experiences. This should start an interesting class discussion of meeting horror stories.

For this exercise, students should follow the instructions listed below:

Identify a specific meeting in which you have participated that you would consider highly effective. Make a written list of the reasons why you considered the meeting highly effective.

Identify a specific meeting in which you participated that you would consider highly ineffective. Make a written list of the reasons why you considered the meeting highly ineffective.

Prepare a summary of your teams lists to discuss.