Suddenly Hybrid: Managing the Modern Meeting - Hardcover

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KARIN M. REED is CEO of Speaker Dynamics. She is an Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist and now focuses on helping business professionals to be confident communicators on any platform― in person, on camera, or through virtual communication tools.

JOSEPH A. ALLEN, PHD, is Professor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology at the University of Utah. His research focus is on the study of workplace meetings, organizational community engagement, and occupational safety and health.

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PRAISE FOR SUDDENLY HYBRID

“An important guidebook for leaders on what hybrid work is and how to make it a successful reality in their organizations. Suddenly Hybrid is filled with practical advice, research, and strategies that make this an invaluable resource!”

―JACOB MORGAN, founder of FutureofWorkUniversity.com; bestselling author of The Future Leader, The Employee Experience Advantage, and The Future of Work

“Hybrid meetings are here to stay, but your star performers are not if you don’t keep them connected in a post-pandemic workplace. Karin and Joe unlock the secrets―in a deeply researched and immediately actionable new book―to engaging your team across technology and distance so that they can be closer than ever to your organization’s goals.”

―LAURA GASSNER OTTING, Washington Post bestselling author of Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life

“Hybrid meetings are at the heart of business where flexible work is the norm. Karin and Joe offer what leaders need to make these meetings work ―science-based best practices that can help you navigate them well.”

―DORIE CLARK, author of The Long Game and executive education faculty, Duke University, Fuqua School of Business

“Your success―regardless of your role―relies on your ability to master hybrid communication. Suddenly Hybrid provides you with data-based, actionable tips and techniques to ensure you can successfully run and participate in hybrid meetings. This is a must have on every business person’s reading list.”

―MATT ABRAHAMS, Lecturer of Strategic Communication at Stanford GSB, co-founder of Bold Echo, LLC and author of Speaking Up Without Freaking Out

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Before March of 2020, the phrase “let’s have a meeting” typically translated into people gathering around a table, face-to-face. The COVID-19 pandemic challenged that notion and sent practically all meetings to the virtual realm. As the virus slowly relaxed its grip, a new type of meeting came to the forefront―hybrid meetings―meetings in which some of the attendees are present in person while others are present virtually. And their complexities soon made themselves painfully apparent.

In Suddenly Hybrid: Managing the Modern Meeting, Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist turned executive communications specialist Karin M. Reed and veteran meeting expert and researcher Dr. Joseph A. Allen team up to offer a comprehensive guide to participating in and leading hybrid meetings. Exquisitely balanced between up-to-the- minute scientific data and effective, tested strategies, the book draws on the respective expertise of each author to help you get the most out of hybrid meetings.

This book is filled with valuable tools: checklists to allow you to apply the concepts explored and discussed, chapter takeaway sections that summarize key learnings in easy-to-remember bulleted lists, and reflection activities to assist you in recognizing areas for improving your hybrid meeting strategy. In addition, readers also have access to a companion website offering supplementary resources and digital copies of many of the tools included in the book.

Suddenly Hybrid is a timely, necessary, and unsurpassed resource expertly written to help you gain confidence in your ability to conduct, manage, and take part in hybrid meetings. It belongs on the bookshelves of executives, managers, and other business professionals for whom the interplay between the virtual and real worlds is now a fact of life.