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💡 Handbook to improve your remote meetings

Calling a meeting is a significant act of responsibility because it uses and commits two very scarce and precious resources from others: their energy and their time.

For knowledge workers, leading a work meeting in a remote environment is such a repetitive and routine task that one might think it’s easy to direct and complete, almost like an automatic action — “if I do this,” then “I get that.”

However, nothing could be further from the truth.

Leading a team for any length of time drains a substantial amount of energy, demands our best communication skills, and tests our abilities with certain tools. Not to mention, it also requires a solid understanding of the subject matter of the meeting.

Here, I share a series of strategies to improve your remote meetings.

Situation: Meetings without description or context.

People without context consume everyone’s time and energy, delaying value creation.

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In my day-to-day work, I receive many meeting invites without any description or comments. On rare occasions, the sender…