The key path
- JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says checking email during meetings is “disrespectful.”
- Damon said he gives “100%” of his attention when attending meetings and reads up before meeting.
- Earlier this year, Dimon criticized remote employees for checking notifications while they were speaking during virtual meetings.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is advocating for better meeting etiquette in the workplace — and that means no checking emails or Slack messages.
“None of it is nodding off, none of it is reading my mail,” said Damon, 69. good luckTuesday’s Most Powerful Women Summit. “If you have an iPad in front of me and it looks like you’re reading your email or getting notifications, I tell you to turn the thing off. It’s insulting.”
Damon said he gives “100%” of his attention when attending meetings, always preparing beforehand by reading.
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The focus is a no-brainer for Damon, who said that if he can’t give his full attention to his work, it’s time to “move on”.
Earlier this year, during a Lake town hall in February, Damon criticized remote employees for checking notifications while speaking during a virtual meeting.
In an interview a month later with the Stanford Graduate School of Business, he recalled another incident when people were focused on their screens — not him.
“I was on a Zoom yesterday…people are reading their mail and getting their notifications,” Damon said in the Stanford interview. “When I was talking, there were 12 people in the room and four people on the screen, and all four people on the screen were on their phones. And you think you’re concentrating and learning?”
JPMorgan brought all employees back to the office full-time in March, ending its hybrid work policy in favor of an entirely in-person one.
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Dimon previously commented on the meetings in its 2024 annual letter to shareholders issued in April. In the letter, he said CEOs should “kill the meetings” because they are “an example of what slows us down.”
If meetings need to be held, they should start and end on time, and a designated person should lead them, he wrote. Damon also notes that meetings should start with a clear goal and end with a list of actionable follow-up items. He stressed the importance of using straight language and avoiding unnecessary jargon. He also rejected the idea of ”meeting after meeting after meeting”, saying that any executive who has something to say should be voiced openly rather than privately.
“This is not acceptable,” Dimon wrote in a shareholder letter. “Don’t worry… be transparent with your colleagues.”
JP Morgan is America’s largest bank, with assets of $3.9 trillion and a market capitalization of more than $818 billion at the time of writing. Dimon has been the bank’s CEO since 2006.
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The key path
- JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says checking email during meetings is “disrespectful.”
- Damon said he gives “100%” of his attention when attending meetings and reads up before meeting.
- Earlier this year, Dimon criticized remote employees for checking notifications while they were speaking during virtual meetings.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is advocating for better meeting etiquette in the workplace — and that means no checking emails or Slack messages.
“None of it is nodding off, none of it is reading my mail,” said Damon, 69. good luckTuesday’s Most Powerful Women Summit. “If you have an iPad in front of me and it looks like you’re reading your email or getting notifications, I tell you to turn the thing off. It’s insulting.”
Damon said he gives “100%” of his attention when attending meetings, always preparing beforehand by reading.
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