Messing Up a Meeting shows how to avoid common mistakes. And how to not look like a fool in front of the boss.

• In Messing Up a Meeting, a staff member hurriedly prepares for a meeting. The narrator, John Cleese, tries to warn the employee, Jeremy, to be more thorough and prepare properly. Jeremy doesn't listen and the ensuing meeting is a disaster for him. John Cleese gives him some suggestions and the scene is replayed with a more positive outcome. In the next segment; Jeremy irritates the team leader, changes the agenda and openly argues with a fellow employee. Once again using the classic wrong-way right way scenarios, John Cleese shows Jeremy the error of his ways and how to change his behavior for the better.

Meeting Menaces shows how to deal with even the most awkward colleagues in meetings.

• Meeting Menaces contains five short sequences showing the extreme behavior exhibited by some colleagues: the waffler, the turf warrior, the assassin, the dominator and the interrupter. Throughout the program John Cleese provides the proper guidance to allow group members the ability to cope successfully with each of these destructive behavior types.

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