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Jun 17, 2021
Show Notes
- [0:00:55] Episode Summary | Intro
- Last Episode’s Recap
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- Communication Pros & Cons
- Being Thoughtful with Your Chosen Communication Style
- [0:03:22] The Right Time for Synchronous Communication
- Don’t let “synchronous communication is bad” be a takeaway here.
- [0:04:37] Ways to Build Connection Asynchronously
- A remote team spread across different time zones is your biggest obstacle toward connection.
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- Tips on Established Async Connection:
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- Have asynchronous communication around things that are not work related.
- Consider an internal company podcast to heighten clarity and connection.
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- When shared, provide a way for team members to discuss the podcast publicly with the team at large; message board format recommended.
- The more synchronous your company communication, the more you take away one of the major benefits of working from home: working at the optimal time, enhancing work/life balance.
- [0:10:30] Effective Communication: My Four Filters
- https://chrislema.com/effective-communication-my-four-filters/
- Timing, Setting, Audience, Unintended Consequences
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- Financial Updates & Transparency
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- Think About Who You’re Communicating With
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- You don’t need to distract or call attention to everyone if a topic is specific to one team or team member.
- Go Into Your Meetings with a Clear Agenda & Time Box
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- Most meetings lack clarity and produce very little.
- Capture outcomes!
- Lacking clarity of what to do next is one of the biggest reasons people hate meetings.
- Have a mediator who facilitates the meeting and the clock.
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- Let it be known who the facilitator is.
- Make the facilitator responsible for capturing takeaways, ideas, questions, and next actions.
- Mine for conflict.
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- That’s where the gems come out of.
- Don’t let someone sit on the sidelines when you know they have a difference of opinion.
- [0:19:03] Best Practices and Standards
- Establish when to expect a response.
- Automatic check-ins.
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- Creating a space for ‘What Work’.
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- A documented history of what you did in a given year.
- Favorite check-ins.
- Make sure you take time to reset for the day.
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- The ability to ‘not’ helps you gain perspective and clarity.
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- Don’t let all your reactions be emotional reactions.
- Stepping away from the computer, even for a short time, works wonders.
- Learn how to read individual personalities in text based communication.
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- Not everyone communicates equally.
- If you don’t know how to read someone’s text based communication attempts, there’s a lot of room left for interpretation.
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- If you’re not sure...ASK!
- Assume the best.
- Make time for one-off real time conversations.
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- Even, and maybe especially, not regarding work.
- In a non-pandemic world, face-to-face communication is still very important.
- We want to hear your communications tips too!
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