- If you're anything like me,
you've likely faced some kind of burnout
from just being in Zoom meetings all day,
or having way too many Slack notifications.
And the reality is that communicating in a remote team,
it doesn't have to be that way.
There is a way to communicate remotely
that feels calm, collected, and not frenetic,
and all over the place.
And in today's class, I'm going to show you exactly how.
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So, how then exactly do you run a remote team meeting well?
Especially when all of us are so overwhelmed and fatigued
by remote meetings so much of the time.
Well, there are a few tactics that are really useful.
First and foremost, you'll want to kick off
with some kind of icebreaker.
In a brainstorming meeting in particular,
this can be massively useful for getting ideas flowing,
and people to open up.
There was a study that was in fact recently done,
that showed that when an icebreaker was asked
in the beginning of the meeting,
26% more interesting creative ideas were generated.
So if you have a fun question to kick things off,
especially, think about it,
in a team building meeting,
you can only imagine
how much more energetic and engaged folks are going to be.
Another tactic around running a remote meeting well
is to give some kind of pre-work ahead of time
to help team members feel prepared
coming into that remote meeting,
and to make that remote meeting so much more efficient.
Of course, yes, you may set an agenda,
and set it ahead of time,
but what if you also gave a template
where you provided different points and outlines
of pieces you wanted people to think about
before you went into the actual meeting
to talk about the decision.
Or you pose questions
that you want folks to think about and consider
before they come to that remote meeting.
Being able to help support your team
to be most prepared before the meeting
helps you and your team
get the most out of the meeting itself.
So definitely try giving some kind of pre-work.
A third tactic is to make sure
that you're really conscious of your own body language.
So much of our facial expressions and body cues
really give off communication,
and send some kind of message to the rest of our team,
And if we're in a remote video meeting,
that's going to speak volumes.
In fact, there were two famous studies
that were done in 1967 that showed how 55% of
any kind of communication that we receive as humans
is actually our body language.
So the more cognizant we are of,
hey, are we looking at our actual camera screen
on the computer?
Are we smiling or seeming really focused or distracted
when talking to our peers?
That's going to really determine how engaging
that remote meeting is going to be for your team.
And then lastly, consider recording your meetings,
and so it gives team members an option
to not have to attend every single meeting here and there.
So much of us feel completely overwhelmed
by having so many remote meetings,
and so you can really lessen this burden
by giving your team members an option to
maybe watch the meeting later,
or be able to fast forward to different parts
that are most relevant to them,
instead of completely cramming their calendar
with so many meetings back to back.
Now, these are just some best practices
for running remote meetings well.
But, keep in mind that the most important thing
is that you're finding different ways
to make them a little more efficient,
take the burden and pressure off
your teammate a little bit,
and maybe not even hold them at all to begin with.
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