Have you considered Guidelines for your Virtual Team Meetings?

We all know the importance of having an agenda for a virtual team meeting, but have you considered Virtual Team Meeting Guidelines?  - A set of guidelines your team creates together so that the virtual space can be productive and respectful for everyone.

Here are a few to get you started:  

• Make all voices part of the conversation from the get-go with a relational question or activity

• Structure the meeting so everyone can contribute

• Be present. Don’t do other work because no one can see you doing it

• Come with the mindset of an active participant rather than an observer and ask for what you need to help make that happen

• Turn off your phone

• Try to find a quiet area free from distractions

What guidelines are most important to you? What about for others on your team?

Why not make your Virtual Team Meeting Guidelines the first agenda item for your next meeting and find out. Here’s how:

1) Brainstorm ideas

2) Vote and compile everyone’s top 2-3

3) Review regularly what’s working, not working, and adjust along the way   

Team meetings should be a space where everyone can contribute to moving the work forward and feel respected and valued in the process. We owe that to one another maybe now more than ever.