Good article, I particularly noticed the "just to listen" in meetings bit. If you want to provide a lot of value in this role?
Take good notes. What meeting, when, where, with who? Who is in person/remote? Write as fast as you can, capture "todos", "next steps", follow up items of all kinds, important decisions. After the meeting, email the participants with your notes. Put them in your document repository (wiki, sharepoint, SCM if you must).
This way you provide value, people see you, and they see that you are paying attention. It also gives you good fodder to ask questions later, e.g. "What did XYZ term mean?", "Why was Laura asking about question Y?", "Did no one think of X, or was it obvious?"
Taking good notes is an art, and it's easiest when you are "just" listening.
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Good article, I particularly noticed the "just to listen" in meetings bit. If you want to provide a lot of value in this role?
Take good notes. What meeting, when, where, with who? Who is in person/remote? Write as fast as you can, capture "todos", "next steps", follow up items of all kinds, important decisions. After the meeting, email the participants with your notes. Put them in your document repository (wiki, sharepoint, SCM if you must).
This way you provide value, people see you, and they see that you are paying attention. It also gives you good fodder to ask questions later, e.g. "What did XYZ term mean?", "Why was Laura asking about question Y?", "Did no one think of X, or was it obvious?"
Taking good notes is an art, and it's easiest when you are "just" listening.