What to Do and What Not to Do During Meetings. | by Ro Fernn | Nov, 2023 | Medium

Today, I was invited to two meetings at an organization that I am coaching, and I became a bit frustrated because both meetings were terrible! No jokes — what a waste of time! I won’t blame anyone for leaving either of those meetings and thinking, ‘This was a waste of my time.’ This client has recently joined Nova and is transitioning 40% of their meetings to asynchronous. Consequently, I was invited to participate in both an in-person meeting and an asynchronous meeting. Surprisingly, both had the same problems — and that made me realize that I could easily “show” them what “not to do during meetings” So, I provided them with some guidelines to help the entire team improve their meetings. The same guidelines I shared with them today, I am now sharing with you, and feel free to share them with your team or anyone who needs them. You can also even turn them into team norms. To keep it simple, I’ve organized these guidelines into ‘do’ and ‘don’t do.’ My hope is to make them easy to under

Today, I was invited to two meetings at an organization that I am coaching, and I became a bit frustrated because both meetings were terrible! No jokes — what a waste of time! I won’t blame anyone for leaving either of those meetings and thinking, ‘This was a waste of my time.’ This client has recently joined Nova and is transitioning 40% of their meetings to asynchronous. Consequently, I was invited to participate in both an in-person meeting and an asynchronous meeting. Surprisingly, both had the same problems — and that made me realize that I could easily “show” them what “not to do during