When we run our remote Level 10 Meeting™, the person facilitating shares their screen with our meeting software, causing everyone to stare at the digital list rather than each other, which has killed our body-language cues and robust debate. How do we fix our screen-sharing habits to keep our remote meetings highly interactive?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

When you run a remote Level 10 Meeting™, screen sharing your software is the fastest way to turn your leadership team into passive observers. Everyone stares at the shared screen, reads the words, and stops looking at the faces of their peers. You lose eye contact, body language cues, and the subtle facial expressions that signal disagreement or hesitation. This ruins the IDS® portion of your meeting.

To fix this, ban screen sharing during the discussion. Every team member must have the meeting software or agenda open on their own second monitor or a split screen. The facilitator should not broadcast their screen to the group.

When you do this, keep your video conference platform in gallery view. This forces everyone to look at each other, not at a digital document. It restores the human connection and makes it much easier to spot when a leader is shutting down, rolling their eyes, or wanting to speak up.

Keep the focus on the people, not the tool. The software is just a repository for your Scorecard, Rocks, and Issues List. The actual value of the meeting is the healthy, sometimes messy debate between your leaders. By turning off the shared screen, you force active engagement and bring the energy of an in-person war room back to your remote environment.