{"product_id":"the-missed-meeting-pete-ketchum-9798902436232","title":"The Missed Meeting: What One Conversation Reveals About Everything Else","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMost one-on-one meetings are a waste of time. Yours might be telling you something worse.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a direct report gives you one-word answers, shows up unprepared, or seems checked out, that's not an attitude problem. That's a signal. And most managers miss it entirely. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Missed Meeting\u003c\/i\u003e reveals what your one-on-ones are really communicating about your team's engagement, trust, and performance-and delivers a science-backed framework to fix it. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on four decades of research in Self-Determination Theory by Deci \u0026amp; Ryan, the same framework cited by Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review, organizational psychologist Pete Ketchum gives you: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eThe real reason your best people eventually go quiet\u003c\/b\u003e (and the 5-minute diagnostic to catch it early) \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eThe Sustain-Improve Framework\u003c\/b\u003e for transforming status updates into conversations that drive performance \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eThe single question\u003c\/b\u003e that changes the dynamic in any 1:1-immediately \u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eThe ARC Self-Assessment\u003c\/b\u003e to identify exactly where your leadership is creating friction \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKetchum didn't learn this in a classroom. Before becoming an organizational psychologist, he was an Army-trained interrogator, a state corrections officer, and a state trooper-environments where reading people wasn't optional. He brings that same precision to a meeting most leaders slepwalk through. \u003cbr\u003eIf your one-on-ones feel like calendar obligations, this book will show you what you're missing and what it's costing you. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pete Ketchum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798902436232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Publishdrive\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d","brand":"Pete Ketchum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440709415167,"sku":"9798902436232","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8ffe48c7-112b-483f-886b-71644ebbfbfe.jpg?v=1777184281","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-missed-meeting-pete-ketchum-9798902436232","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}