6 Cultural Mistakes Seen Today in Meetings
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How to Avoid Offending and Start Including in Real Time
Even well-meaning professionals make cultural missteps—especially in high-pressure meetings, hybrid settings, or cross-functional teams. As one of only 400 National Speakers Association Certified Speaking Professionals and an award-winning thought leader in training and facilitation, I’ve gathered today’s most common cultural mistakes that derail engagement, destroy trust, and divide diverse teams. This eye-opening and action-driven session reveals real examples from modern meetings and gives you immediate tools to become a more inclusive, impactful leader.
You’ll learn how to:
- Spot the 6 most frequent cultural missteps occurring in virtual, hybrid, and in-person meetings
- Apply inclusive practices that respect gender, neurodiversity, ethnicity, age, and global norms
- Avoid unconscious bias traps in introductions, humor, visuals, and decision-making
- Use the “Pause & Repair” model to recover from a cultural error with grace and impact
- Build deeper engagement and psychological safety across diverse teams
- Turn your meetings into models of inclusive excellence—starting today
Join professionals from around the globe—from Indigenous organizers to Fortune 100 executives—who are rewriting the rules for equitable, engaging meetings.