Description: The world's leading meeting scientist returns with a fully rebuilt second edition. Drawing on 25+ years of original research across hundreds of organizations, Steven G. Rogelberg delivers counterintuitive, evidence-based guidance on every dimension of meeting life from why agendas usually backfire to why the leader who talks the most is often hurting the meeting most. New chapters on AI as a facilitation tool, hybrid and virtual meeting design, 1:1s, town halls, board meetings, off-sites, and post-mortems make this the most comprehensive meeting guide available. Practical, punchy, and immediately actionable--essential for any leader with a calendar.