Tips for remote managers — online meetings
Quick and tested bits of advice on how to make your remote meetings better.
1 min readApr 19, 2020
One-on-ones
- Turn on your camera. Be present and show that you have nothing to hide. You’ll increase your chances to deliver the message better.
- Have an online document that you both can edit. Add the topics you’d like to discuss to the doc before the meeting. Ask your team members to do the same. Thus, you’ll both be prepared for the meeting. Make notes during the meeting so next time you’ll know what you’ve discussed.
Team meetings (5–8 people)
- Turn on your camera. Ideally, if everyone will do the same. Then you’ll be able to read the room.
- Share your screen. You’ll get the focus of your team. Especially if you discuss some data (reports, dashboards).
- Use tools to engage. Check out Team O’clock and Miro.
Large meetings (20+ people)
- Use a webinar-like approach. Share the screen with engaging content and tell the story.
- If you want to answer the questions — gather them before or use time-boxes where people can ask questions in order. You don’t want everyone to talk at the same time.
