Do Manners Matter?

❓Do manners matter?

➡️Manners don’t cost anything, or so I thought.

➡️But Not having Manners, can certainly Cost.

➡️I came across a funny story recently.

➡️It was a price list at a coffee        shop with the following prices:
    Coffee :   5.00 USD
    A cup of coffee:  3.00 USD
    Good Morning! One cup of coffee,
    please :  1.00 USD

✅In today’s hybrid  Working, etiquette has taken a whole new meaning.

✅By now, organisations would have laid down their own ground rules of etiquette for on site and hybrid meetings.

✅Below are only a few random suggestions.

♀️Be on time, if not a little early.
5 minutes before time, is respectful to all.

♀️The only  exception to being early, could be, if you are the guest speaker.

♀️Focus on giving offline members the best chance to simulate being together.

♀️Start with introductions, making an effort to remember names.

♀️Address people by name, especially those who are offline.

♀️If you are joining remotely, you may need to do something to make a mind shift.

♀️Normally, you would have grabbed a notebook and moved to the meeting room.

♀️A change of attire, doing some stretches, or moving to another location, can help change focus, from work to engagement.

♀️Defer to remote speakers. If you and a remote speaker, speak at the same time, allow the other person to go first.

♀️Be inclusive. Include remote attendees in pre-meeting chitchat.
Directly address questions to them. Especially, since you may not have heard from them for long.

♀️Keep camera on from the start of the meeting. Starting a meeting with blank cameras, can seem very impersonal. Video is very powerful to make a human connection.

♀️Avoid starting a side conversation, with someone in the room, which cannot be heard by the remote team.

♀️Chats should be available to all.
Private chats in a team meeting don’t make for good etiquette.

♀️Avoid sharing cameras on site; your may move out of the frame.

♀️Slow down your pace of speaking, so that remote joinees can catch up.

♀️Resist the urge to do work, check your messages etc. If it helps, keep your hands in the video frame.

♀️Don’t leave the room, just as you wouldn’t walk out of an offline meeting – unless absolutely necessary.

♀️Don’t blame all tech glitches on connectivity. If you’ve messed up, own up.

♀️Stick around afterwards. Some of the best conversations happen after the #meeting  is over.

✔️Please add your own suggestions, experiences and comments below, to take the  conversation forward.