How to Make Your Team Members More Comfortable During Large Team Meetings

Name: How to Make Your Team Members More Comfortable During Large Team Meetings
Uploaded: 2018-07-06T18:27:24+00:00
Duration: 41 s
Channel: Jason M. Lemkin
Description: Jason M. Lemkin says large team meetings silence people. He recommends speaking up early with a simple comment or question to break the ice and help…

6 Jul 2018 · 1 min

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Jason M. Lemkin says large team meetings silence people. He recommends speaking up early with a simple comment or question to break the ice and help others relax. Laughter and a relaxed atmosphere lead to better contributions from everyone.

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[FOREIGN LANGUAGE] You know, the bigger our teams get, the more people I think are often reticent to speak up. Be an icebreaker, even if it's to just make one comment or one question to get things rolling, especially when you're in a brainstorm or something else. Be that icebreaker. It makes other people comfortable. So figure out how to make people around you more comfortable, and then everyone relaxes, and then you get your best work. It's unusual in our business because we are so going for performance all the time, but if laughter really makes a big difference in lightening the load, and then all of a sudden some amazing comment will come out of somebody because they've relaxed and, you know, they can move forward.