Start on time.
It’s eight minutes into the scheduled start time, and the banter of the weekend adventures and the latest round of golf are being discussed while you wait on a few attendees to locate the correct meeting information and get logged in.
A handful of participants are enjoying the small talk, and the majority of the attendees are looking at the time and wondering when the meeting is going to start. As the leader of the call, be sure to take control and start on time.
Kick-off the meeting within a minute or two switzerland telegram data of the scheduled start time.
Don’t make the entire team wait for a few individuals who are running late, and address those individuals in private after the meeting.
You wouldn’t run an in-person meeting and allow your staff to all be on their laptops, cell phones, and playing with their dog. So don’t allow it in your virtual meetings.
Turn your camera on and let them know that your weekly meetings will be cameras on and cell phones down. With all cameras on, there is more engagement on the call because people are doing less multitasking.
Engage the team.
When you are working on your agenda, be sure to plan how you will engage the team.
This might be in the fashion of a breakout in small groups, an exercise, role play, or even something that you have asked them to prepare and share in advance.
There are countless ways that you can get participation from the group if it’s planned in advance.