“I discovered early on was that people were in a different place. When we meet as a team, we allow more time for the check-in, to talk about their personal lives with their families and about their business lives.
“Early on, when I was a team member, I’d had a very difficult week personally and was worried about both my kids. In the team meeting, I was having all these conversations with people and I realized at the end of the week that I hadn’t shared with anybody how I was feeling. And the reason I hadn’t shared it with anybody is because nobody had asked.
“What I’ve discovered is when you create that space to check-in at the beginning of the meeting, it brings a presence and a sense of connectedness, even over long distances, that I think has sustained us.”
Read more to discover how and why checking in authentically at a team meeting’s start is deeply beneficial and, to Sylvia, essential.
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