{"id":7296,"date":"2021-07-29T20:09:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T01:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/?p=7296"},"modified":"2021-07-29T20:09:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T01:09:24","slug":"all-i-really-need-to-know-about-leadership-i-learned-from-zoom-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/29\/all-i-really-need-to-know-about-leadership-i-learned-from-zoom-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"All I Really Need To Know About Leadership I Learned from Zoom Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The well-known article and book by Robert Fulghum, called All I Really Need To Know I Learned in Kindergarten<\/em><\/a> serves as a nice jumping off point for some leadership reflections that all these months of Zoom meetings have taught us.<\/span><\/h2>\n

The reality is, for more than a year and a half, leaders around the world have been living in a strange prison called Zoom meetings. And whenever the pandemic ends, I hope you\u2019ll take the time to consider the significant leadership lessons available to us from these months locked up in Zoom prison\u2026<\/p>\n

1. In leadership, learn to focus <\/strong><\/h2>\n

In every Zoom meeting, there\u2019s always someone not really paying attention. They\u2019re looking at another screen, busying themselves with paperwork or checking their phone. It\u2019s annoying, and it\u2019s poor leadership.<\/p>\n

To be an effective leader, let your team know they have your full attention.<\/p>\n

2. If you want to be taken seriously, be prepared.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cCan everybody see my screen? I can never figure out how to share my screen. Can you see it now? Hang on, let me try something else\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

In the first weeks of the pandemic, such novice clumsiness was forgivable. A year and a half later, you should know how to do this by now.<\/p>\n

To be an effective leader, in whatever you\u2019re doing, show your team that you\u2019re prepared and you\u2019re not figuring things out on the fly.<\/p>\n

3. You need to lead everybody, not just a select few.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Ever been in a Zoom meeting with perhaps 7 people, and found yourself sitting there while two people wasted everyone\u2019s time by discussing a separate topic? It\u2019s disrespectful, and it has become the bane of Zoom meeting participants.<\/p>\n

When you step into leadership, you must engage with everyone, not just one or two insiders.<\/p>\n

4. As a leader, give yourself, and others, margin.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

How did we end up scheduling Zoom meetings back-to-back-to-back-to-back?<\/p>\n

As you lead, take a lesson from this painful practice. Make sure you, and those you lead, have room to breathe.<\/p>\n

Even after the pandemic, Zoom meetings will not disappear completely, but we likely won\u2019t rely on them quite as much.<\/p>\n

As you emerge from Zoom prison, just be sure you don\u2019t leave behind these leadership lessons learned while we\u2019ve been in the slammer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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