Things You Should Not Do In Meetings
1. Show up unprepared. Just winging it (импровизировать) might seem like good time management, but it won’t help you build your brand. When you consistently show up to meetings without having prepared, people take note, and your brand traits become “mediocre performer” and “doesn’t care about quality.” To prepare for a meeting efficiently, with your personal brand in mind, ask yourself these questions:
What’s the key message I want to communicate?
Who’s attending and what do I want them to think, feel or do?
What’s the most valuable contribution (ценный вклад) can I make?
Who is there that I’d like to acknowledge (поблагодарить, признать заслуги) or support?
2. Show up late. You might think it makes you look like you’re a busy, in-demand executive, but in fact, you just look like you can’t manage your schedule—or worse, that this meeting isn’t that important to you. Or even worse, that you like to go on power trips (проявлять власть) by making people wait for your grand entrance. Show up on time, ready to make an impact.
(To be continued)
