Ever wondered how you can easily establish and further polish you leadership skills via online meetings?

When you leave it up to every individual to rely on their memories, you will inevitably spend time combatting problems which can easily be resolved while following these 4 simple steps.

Clarifying the 'next steps' is crucial for leadership: it allows you to get rid of any misconception that any participant might yet have.

We communicate more in virtual meetings. To communicate effectively, body language matters. Vocal tone, eye contact and appropriate gestures all increase our ability to connect with clients or colleagues, build or reinforce trust, and communicate most effectively.

Clarifying the 'next steps' is crucial for a good quality coaching lesson: it allows you to get rid of any misconception that any participant might yet have. In addition to this, you are entitled to the 'trustworthiness' by the participants

Readers, welcome back! As I talked about how I will be introducing you to the Coaching Skills for online meetings we follow at Rate My Meeting, in the first post, I talked about how one should gain mutual Trust and Respect, in the second

Remote Meetings need to be effective and material for your meeting needs to be spot-on. A large part of what makes a meeting successful occurs in the preparation phase. Remote meetings require a lot of upfront preparation. Preparation can make or break your important meeting.

There are now millions of people forced to work from home indefinitely due to the global Pandemic, but just because more employees and teams are working virtually, it doesn’t mean we’ve solved those age-old trust issues.

While a remote meeting offers great opportunities to discuss work, share knowledge and move forward, attending online meetings day in and day out while also managing the pressure can take a toll on your mental well-being. It becomes the ideal hunting ground for stress, depression and anxiety.

Seeking and giving advice are central to effective leadership and decision making. Yet managers seldom view them as practical skills they can learn and improve. Receiving guidance is often seen as the passive consumption of wisdom.

When employees feel they are part of a team, they trust the organization and their co-workers more, which leads to more communication and collaboration. They are willing to go that extra mile when they feel they belong there. Teamwork makes the dream work.

There is a time and place to give direct answers to certain questions, but try to avoid doing so regularly. Instead of diving headfirst into “you ought to,” ask leading questions. Let the coachee actually 'do the work’.

Managing time during online meetings can be a headache for the managers as it is difficult to manage resources at your disposal and keep a check on time alongside. Developing one’s ability to run effective meetings with management skills is a critical part for ensuring successful meetings.

There are good meetings and there are bad meetings. Bad meetings go on forever, you never seem to get to the point, and you are left wondering why you were even present. Effective ones leave you energized and give you a feeling that you've really accomplished something.

In terms of a dictionary Empathy is the capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from within their frame of reference, that is, the capacity to place oneself in another's position. Empathy for difficult work situations is a core component of effective teams.