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Meeting the Hybrid Challenge

April 15, 2024 0 Comments
Group of people around a table conducting a hybrid meeting with people on a monitor joining virtually.

Like it or not, hybrid meetings (some people in a room together and others logging in virtually) seem to be here to stay. We’ve all gone from “I’d better learn to use Zoom” to clicking on Join Meeting in our sleep. However, mastery of the software doesn’t mean mastery of the process of planning and...

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Hybrid Meetings: Being a Productive Participant

July 26, 2021 0 Comments
how to participate in hybrid meetings to make them effective

In our first post on hybrid meetings, we talked about best practices for managing focus when leading meetings with some people in the room and others participating remotely. But even if you’re not in the leadership role, you contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of the hybrid meetings you attend. If you don’t make these...

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Hybrid Meetings: Projecting Professionalism

July 2, 2021 0 Comments
simple steps to ensure professionalism in hybrid meetings

One of the many interesting observations from the pandemic is the evolution of people’s Zoom backgrounds. Initially, everyone was excited to play with the virtual backgrounds available online. I saw people log in from virtual versions of a dive bar, Versailles, and the bridge of the Starship Enterprise. Eventually, talking to colleagues who were literally...

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Hybrid Meetings: Managing the Focal Point

April 28, 2021 0 Comments
hybrid meetings two steps for success

One thing the pandemic has shown is that people can work efficiently from home. A lot of major corporations, including Salesforce, Google, and Amazon, are working on a “hybrid” model that combines working in the office with working at home—either on a fixed schedule or as determined by the workload and need for in-person collaboration. The number of challenges...

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Shifting Gears

June 10, 2023 0 Comments
shifting gears in a car as an analogy to effective time management

A wise learner once said, “Sometimes you just have to shift gears.”  This advice came from a leader participating in a presentation skills workshop with members of his team. The client was in the financial services industry. Their presentations to clients included a LOT of highly complex, technical information.   They faced two challenges. First,...

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Anyone Can Be More Effective with Time

May 3, 2023 0 Comments
The Thinker statue illustrates taking time to collect your thoughts

We learn a lot from the people we work with. Recently, on the last day of a workshop, one of our learners said that the most important thing he took from the class was that “Anyone can be more effective with time.” When he made this comment, he was talking about pausing long enough to...

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