Navigating the Shift From In-Person to Virtual Meetings | John Chen

One of the biggest changes in the business world is the shift from in-person meetings to virtual ones. And as with most changes, you'll find people who are hesitant and even outright against these changes. But then we have people who were willing to give it a try in the beginning who are now finding themselves sick and tired of Zoom meeting after Zoom meeting. John Chen, is the author of "Engaging Virtual Meetings" and he truly believes that nobody really hates virtual meetings for the sake of simply hating it. Today, we go over the many personal, emotional and psychological factors that can help revitalize and change people's treatment of virtual meetings and help teams communicate effectively, even if they're miles apart.

06:52 - How do we encourage our teams to perform at the highest level if people are starting to systemically reject being virtual.

13:30 - There are some people who just don't like change.

18:26 - One reason why people don't like virtual conference calls is because they don't like how they look on camera or they don't like the sound of their voice.

34:35 - John Chen on his book, "Engaging Virtual Meetings"

41:43 - What's the first thing that people should do to create virtual safety.

53:52 - The hard stuff is easy; the soft stuff is hard

1:02:07 - Put yourself in an environment that you feel good about

1:10:04 - Let the inmates run the asylum

1:14:00 - What made John Chen write his book on virtual meetings

1:29:45 - Winning teams never shut up

1:31:59 - John's passionate plea to entrepreneurs

If you feel like your teams are not communicating as effectively as they were inside the conference room, John Chen is holding a conference on October 21 on Engaging Virtual Meetings. The conference (which will take place virtually, of course) will go over common reasons why people are objecting and rejecting virtual meetings and the steps they can take to not only make virtual meetings as good as in-person ones, but to make full use of technology to make virtual meetings even better. To register, simply click this link: http://engagingvirtualmeetings.com/conference

GET IN TOUCH:

MARK LEARY:
www.linkedin.com/in/markhleary
www.leary.cc

JOHN CHEN:
www.facebook.com/ceojohnchen
www.linkedin.com/in/ceojohnchen
www.twitter.com/bigkid

Production credit:

Engineering / Post-Production: Jim McCarthy
Art / Design: Immanuel Ahiable