Kevin Kruse (NYT bestselling author, accomplished speaker, and expert in employee engagement and leadership) and Dr. Travis Bradberry (Award-winning co-author of the #1 bestselling book, Emotional Intelligence 2.0) stated, using smartphones in the meeting shows: Lack of respect. You consider the information on your phone to be more important than the conversation at hand, and you view people outside of the meeting to be more important than those sitting right in front of you. Lack of attention. You are unable to stay focused on one thing at a time. Lack of listening. You aren’t practicing active listening, so no one around you feels heard. Lack of power. You are like a modern-day Pavlovian dog who responds to the whims of others through the buzz of your phone. Lack of self-awareness: You dont understand how ridiculous your behavior looks to other people. Lack of social awareness: You dont understand how your behavior affects those around you. USCs Marshall School of Businesss researchers conducted a nationwide survey of 554 full-time working professionals earning above $30K and working in companies with at least 50 employees. They asked a variety of questions about smartphone use during meetings and found: 86% think it’s inappropriate to answer phone calls during meetings. 84% think it’s inappropriate to write texts or emails during meetings. 66% think it’s inappropriate to write texts or emails even during lunches offsite. SHARING IS CARING.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 04:36:52 +0000
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