{"id":3588,"date":"2024-06-24T02:47:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T02:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/?p=3588"},"modified":"2024-06-21T12:51:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T12:51:50","slug":"conf-calls-promises-and-who-is-actually-talking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/06\/24\/conf-calls-promises-and-who-is-actually-talking\/","title":{"rendered":"Conf Calls, Promises and Who is Actually Talking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The olden days of voice only<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the olden days when people wanted to collaborate they would jump on a conference call vs. jumping on a video call.  It was extremely common to have a number of calls during any given week, and the larger the business the more conference calls there were.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How many is too many?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There is an upper limit to how many meetings you can constructively have, and it&#8217;s not equal to the free space on your calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s because a few things are in play:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You need time to do the things <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It&#8217;s not just about the time, it&#8217;s about the energy (i.e. you&#8217;re not just promising time)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conf calls and multitasking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What do you do when you are on a video call?  Are you more likely to multitask if you&#8217;re on a audio call than video?   If you want to know my thoughts on multitasking then check out the episode called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/10\/29\/multitasking-afl-podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Multitasking \u2013 AFL Podcast\">multitasking<\/a>.  You might be surprised. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23 Does my experience in the corporate world of calendars and conference calls mirror your own experiences?  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