Virtual meetings don’t have to be seen as a waste of time. In fact, they can be more valuable than traditional face-to-face meetings. Beyond the fact that they’re inexpensive ways to get people together – think: no travel costs and readily available technology – they’re also great opportunities to build engagement, trust and candor among teams.
Several years ago, my company’s Research Institute embarked on an exploration of the “New People Rules in a Virtual World” to explore how technology is shaping our relationships and how we collaborate. This multiyear journey also evolved my thinking on the subject, helping me recognize that virtual is not the enemy of the physical if key rules and processes are maintained and respected.
Going back through that research now, I’ve put together a comprehensive list of some simple do’s and don’ts to help you get the most out of your next virtual meeting.
Author: Keith Ferrazzi
Source: Harvard Business Review
Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior
- “F” Words for Effective Meetings
- 5 Common Complaints About Meetings and What to Do About Them
- Daniel Ek
- Dick Axelrod and Emily Axelrod
- Eric Schmidt
- Great Meetings: Start at the End
- Helping the Group to Think Straight
- How to Have Fewer, Better Meetings
- How to Maximize Meetings
- Karen Rhorer
- Successful Meetings
- Taking the Bias Out of Meetings
- The Payoffs and Penalties of Holding Meetings
- The Seven Imperatives to Keeping Meetings on Track
- The Seven Sins of Deadly Meetings
- The Ultimate Guide to Running Executive Meetings — 25 Tips from Top Startup Leaders
- Three Keys to Meeting Success
- Tips on leading and participating in Meetings
- Two Things to Do After Every Meeting
- 30+ Tips for Effective Team Building
- A First-Time Manager’s Guide to Leading Virtual Teams
- A Partnership’s Foundation: The Common Mission
- Better Decisions Through Diversity: Heterogeneity Can Boost Group Performance
- Business Leaders Ignore Power Struggles at Their Organization’s Risk
- Five Tips for Taking Your Team to the Cloud
- Great Leaders Understand the Fundamentals
- How Group Dynamics Affect Decisions
- How to Accelerate Learning on Your Team
- How to Give Your Team Feedback
- How to Manage Remote Direct Reports
- How to Manage Virtual Teams
- Leadership Ensembles: Orchestrating the Global Company
- Managing Confrontation in Multicultural Teams
- Map Your Team’s Cultural Differences
- Need a work partner? Ditch the extrovert, go with a neurotic.
- Need to Solve a Problem? Take a Break From Collaborating
- Personality Tests Can Help Balance a Team
- Putting the Force Multiplier to Work
- Secrets of Virtual Success
- Simple Rules and Management Teams
- The Real Reason Your Multinational Team Has Trouble Communicating
- The Right Role for Top Teams
- Thomas Malone on Building Smarter Teams
- Three Symptoms of a Vulnerable Team
- To Make a Team More Effective, Find Their Commonalities
- What Anonymous Feedback Will (and Won’t) Tell You
- What Makes a Great Leadership Team?
- What Strong Teams Have in Common
- Your People’s Brains Need Face Time
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