Tips on how to show up in meetings
- Realise your responsibility. You owe it to your team to share your perspective.
- Ask for agenda items and the meeting's purpose to help you prepare.
- Ponder on the topics, and find information in advance so that you can vocalise your expertise.
- Speak with your body. Show that you are 100% invested in the discussion.
- Say something stupid. If you don't, you're not sharing enough.
- Stop taking notes. When you take notes, you speak less.
- If you can't add to the conversation, ask more questions.
- Consider how to serve meeting attendees.
- If you can't share your thoughts, do so after the meeting.
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