Dr. Wayne Pernell says leaders should start any meeting or presentation by thanking the audience for their patience. A simple, sincere "thanks for your patience" sets a positive tone and establishes authority without needing to be formal or scripted.
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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.