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Keeping Virtual Teams Focused In The Pandemic Era

BioTeams

So how do you stay focused for example in a Zoom meeting where, in aggregate: There are many participants, some with virtual backgrounds, fancy workstations with a tonne of books (or even those dialling in wearing their pyjamas). The term ‘sterile cockpit’ is relevant here for virtual meetings and can be borrowed to foster focus.

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7 Golden Rules for Successful Virtual Meetings

Worxbee

Basically, if it doesn’t need a daily (or weekly) update, don’t book one! Set a clear agenda Another massive time waster happens when people say “let’s meet at 10am Tuesday,” then don’t prepare ahead for the meeting. To facilitate that, you need an agenda. This will help you to pin down your agenda.

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Whose meeting is it anyway?

Laughing all the Way to Work

Do you ever get a meeting request and an agenda has not been provided, or if it is a teleconference the call-in details have not been given or the boardroom hasnt been booked for an internal meeting? When booking meetings ownership of the meeting has to be established. Is the boardroom booked? Excellent material!

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Meeting preparation.

Laughing all the Way to Work

To prepare a minute template simply use your agenda and put it in minute format. Under each agenda heading you can then record the appropriate information when you are in the meeting. I use the meeting agenda as an index with each item as a tab number. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday.

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Preparing your boss for meetings away from the office or at home

Laughing all the Way to Work

Follow up with the meeting organizer to request agenda and/or meeting materials, pre-reading, etc. If it is an internal meeting, has a meeting space been booked? Do you need to book it or were you provided with location. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Enter it in calendar.

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Atlanta, Georgia: The City that Smiles

Laughing all the Way to Work

Click on that and you will find a wealth of templates from a resume, cover letter, minutes, agenda and many others. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Once you log on click on the tab Productivity and you will see on the right Templates. Excellent material!

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Are you prepared?

Laughing all the Way to Work

The night before I go to a Board meeting, I review all my templates, agendas, binder, attendance sheets and everything I am going to need or might need. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. no tickets. Do I have everything? This is where a checklist really comes in handy. Excellent material!