Choose Your Seat
- Leslie Nydick
- Jun 25
- 1 min read
Updated: Jul 4
Do you sit in the same seat at monthly meetings?
Where do you sit when you meet with a colleague?
Which chair do you choose when you provide feedback?
The seat you choose will impact the conversation.
How? Here are 3 examples:
If you sit in the same chair at every meeting, your side chats are with the same person. Switch your seat at every meeting, and you will have new interactions.
If you always meet in a conference room with your colleague, the discussion will adhere to the agenda. Change the location to the lounge or a café, and it will open up the conversation to unplanned topics.
If you sit at a desk, and the other person is in the guest chair, the feedback will be you talking and the other listening. Change it to sitting at a round table, and you will likely invite a two-way conversation.
The chair you choose matters.
