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Meetings at work

pinkchocoholic

Hi

I am just wondering how people manage meetings at work - whether it's a meeting to talk about how your doing, or a team meeting? 

I have a couple of suggestions:

  1. I take a fidget to each meeting, regardless of what the meeting is about - having something to fiddle with helps me to process information 
  2. In meetings about how I'm doing I make sure I have my laptop, or a notebook and pen, so I can write answers down if I am struggling to speak or get the right information out
  3. I ask, or my manager suggests I take a 5-10 minute break after meetings to help me process what has just been said (especially if if there has been a lot of information to take in)
  4. I try to focus on my breathing as much as possible (taking deep breaths but doing it silently so I don't put others off) - which helps me as I struggle being in small spaces with a lot of people

I hope this comes in handy for people, and if anyone has anymore suggestions of how to manage meetings at work I would love to hear them Slight smile

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  • I have agreed with managers a warning if meetings are going to involve group work, preferably knowing my group in advance. This generally works well but does rely on people remembering to tell me. I always have that slight anxiety that they will forget.

    In a general meeting I try to sit in a place near a door that I can sit by myself.

    I usually have a fidget in my pocket.

    If it sounds like a meeting that I will struggle with, I can usually ask one of the managers for help with it. There have been a few they've allowed me not to attend.

    As for a 1:1 meeting. I check in with one of the managers regularly so that I feel I am able to raise any issues that come up. This generally works quite well, although I struggle when she can't do it because something has come up.

    Meetings still often fill me with dread and occasionally they are a struggle. But it's certainly better than in my last job.

  • in reply to Expecto_Patronum

    I'm glad it's better than in your last job Slight smile

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