How To Build Trust In A Virtual Team
A Story, a Strategy and an Exercise A massive global study on trust published in the Harvard Business Review found that only 49% of full-time employees had “a great deal of trust” in the people who work above and alongside them. This is a big deal given how trust can affect every aspect of an […]
How to Make Online Meetings More Engaging
5 Essential Ingredients to Increase Virtual Connection OK, so let’s be honest: Done wrong, virtual meetings can be exhausting and boring. Your team may already be ready to check out before you’ve even gotten started. But that doesn’t mean you have to resign yourself to dull, passive online gatherings. In fact, I’ve taught tens of […]
How to Improve Communication Skills as a Leader?
This is a really important question to ponder because we live in this context where really the single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it’s taken place. My job on the planet is to help some of the most innovative organizations, companies, top universities help increase their connection and engagement to smooth communication, […]
How To Do Virtual Team Building
It’s a tough question but it’s one worth answering because the more time that we are spending working from home? Working remotely? We need to be tuned in to how to keep the productivity, collaboration, energy, motivation and morale high on our team. Because if we don’t, over time we’re going to take that nose […]
How To Make Virtual Meetings Fun
Isn’t that a question that we would all really like to answer? Especially as we’re doing more and more remote work and working from home. We get really burnt out from these pixelated boxes that we’re constantly looking at. The good thing is it’s my job to work with some of the most innovative companies […]
Engaging Virtual Backgrounds
We’ve been sharing heaps of content recently on our YouTube Channel about how to make virtual engagement easy. By popular demand, we created a handful of virtual backgrounds for Zoom that you can use to prompt meaningful conversations and connection before content in breakouts or the large group on Zoom. Right click to download our […]
How to Deal with a Reluctant Audience
How do you deal with a reluctant audience? A group may be reluctant because they are tired at the end of the day. Set in their ways. Overworked and underpaid. They may have been “volun-told” to attend your program or meeting. Whatever the reason is, some individuals just show up arms crossed and upset. So […]
How to Connect to Content
If you’ve been following Will and me for any length of time, you know that we love this idea of “Connection Before Content.” But what about when you need to “Connect to Content?” You might have a big meeting, an upcoming retreat, or a workshop that requires people to learn something. Where the purpose is […]
How To Give People The Choice To Connect
Hey friend, Will and I have set the intention to get better at unpacking the ideas in our head to share them freely with you. We want to see more meaningful conversations in your world. More engagement in your meetings and gatherings. And more psychological safety across your organizations. Why? Well… We are wired to […]
How Introverts Can Enjoy Networking Without Changing Their Personalities
We simply cannot keep Lori Saitz to ourselves. Lori is a phenomenal human being who professionally works with other quiet people to help them move past their fear of networking so they can find success in their business lives. Since her core expertise is meaningful communication, we knew she could bring insights to share with our community. […]
