05/25/2021

Five Ways to Get More From Remote Meetings

Leading in a digital void

“You need to unmute!” My client had uttered those words four times in the hourlong strategy call with his team. This group of high-powered executives was working remotely for a company that allowed employees to choose between a hybrid or work-from-home arrangement.

Because their business was global, some team members had been on calls since 4 a.m. and were now shoving down breakfast and slurping coffee as they poured over financial projections for the impending quarter's close.

As I watched the team interact, I felt the most sympathy for the finance leader who was trying desperately to get the rest of the team to follow along as she reviewed a complicated slide of projections that she’d spent a week preparing. Everyone on the team seemed to have an opinion and were talking over one another throughout her presentation.

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