How to Run A Professional Virtual Meeting

Good-bye days of traditional face-to-face meetings! Working remotely has grown in popularity over the years with increasing technological capabilities, and studies to back up the positive aspects of it. Although this is not a traditional office environment, meetings still need to be professional. Virtual meetings are now common place, but there are many challenges and missteps. Here is how to run a professional virtual meeting.

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How Managers Can Avoid Having Their Meetings Hijacked

Ever been in a meeting that seems to make a turn for the worst? What about when you are presenting an idea or facilitating a group discussion that it is dominated by the person with seemingly all the feedback for the entire group?

You are standing at the front of the room with a smile that is fighting to not become a grimace.

Chances are that you aren’t reading this article because there is someone on the team that dominates the conversation by heaping praise on what a great job everyone is doing and management is brilliant. I’m accustomed to being surprised now, so if you are that rare specimen that has it all together, read on to hear what the rest of us plebes have to struggle with.

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