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How to set your remote meeting apart from others
I'm going to share the top 5 things you can do to set your video conference meetings apart from 80% of other meetings like them in your organization. The nice thing is that these are simple to do, and you can start them today. #1 Welcome people by name as they join...
Alone, then together is an excellent technique for creative type of work to minimize groupthink.
Give your team a heads up on the desired outcomes before the discussion, brainstorming session, or whatever it is you are trying to create or accomplish. This gives them alone time to think about it. Then provide some alone time during the session for them to record...
How to decrease the number of meetings in your life
Want to decrease the number of meetings for your team? Try using more asynchronous collaboration. Instead of face-to-face real-time meetings, you could try one of the following tools for asynchronous collaboration. Note: I left email off this list because there are so...
Keys to effective meetings is a balance…
Ultimately, the key to effective meetings is to strike a balance between having enough communication to keep everyone informed & moving forward, without letting meetings become a distraction to getting work done.
Meeting Design: Art or Science?
There's an art to designing a meeting and/or workshop. It's a balancing act to have the right discussions that result in the desired outcomes. Trying to fit 5 lbs. of stuff into a 3 lb. bag will only end up with a mess and a lot of stuff on the floor. Here are 5 ways...
Sports teams aren’t the only ones found in huddles
Getting your team into huddles may be a great way to improve alignment, coordination, and teamwork. #meetings #bettermeetings #facilitation Link back to original LinkedIn post on 2022-07-08 15:16:59
Building a team? What types of people will help it wildly succeed?
From my experiences, building a team is often based on the work to be performed and who has experience doing that work. A+B=C. This is a good model for projects where you know what must be done and how to do it.What about more complex projects where you have a...
Adam Grant : 4 basic reasons to meet:
✅ to decide,✅ to learn,✅ to bond,✅ or, to do.All else can be done asynchronously.Agree? Disagree? Need to meet to discuss? 😀
We all know when the person we are talking to isn’t interested in what we are saying.
😠 They might seem distracted or just barely listening for pauses so they can speak. It’s often very obvious.😠 Think of how you feed when this happens, unimportant and like you are bothering that person.💡 We can’t control how someone else behaves, but we can control...