Dr. Wayne Pernell says leaders should open by thanking people for their patience. It positions you with authority while keeping things warm, and it naturally transitions you into what you came to say.
Chapters
If you started with gratitude, if you started with acknowledging that other people were waiting without being in this place of, sorry, you're not looking for approval at this point. If you're leading, and I mean you, no matter what your position is, if you're leading, you need to step in with your own authority. You need to step in with recognition that maybe people have been waiting for you. And you do that with gratitude. Thank you for your patience. Thanks for your patience. There is a lot to cover. Let's get started. And it doesn't have to be formal. You don't have to have a stick up your backside like, oh, thank you for your patience. Right. It's none of that. It's thanks for your patience. Let's get going.