Sometimes teams just gel. It just seems that their brains are all coupled at the biological level - you can finish each other's thoughts because the team has trust and is open with each other. This is both a blessing and on occasion... a problem. Visualize a team brainstorming session. The team has gathered to solve a business issue that has plagued the company for weeks. Ideas come at a rapid pace, and things move so smoothly that you come up with a consensus of action withi

If your online team meetings lack engagement, a good agenda, and a great facilitator may not solve the problem. You may be trying to put duct tape on something that is inherently broken. Online meetings offer significant convenience, but they also have many shortcomings. These include screen fatigue from seeing so many people at once, a lack of physical cues when interpreting communication, and, most damaging, an epidemic of multitasking. According to Calendly’s state of the