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More communication is different from good communication. Before you hit "send" on a companywide email, consider what you are trying to achieve.

Knowing your goal can be helpful in choosing a suitable medium for communication. Before calling a meeting, ask ...

Get rid of regular meetings unless you are dealing with a pressing matter. Once the issue is resolved, the meeting frequency should drop.

Ask yourself how urgent the need behind the meeting is and if you can instead reduce the frequency and communicate via email or group chat.

Do You Dread Meeting Up?

A mentorship meeting shouldn’t be something you “have to do.” If an upcoming mentorship meetup sends you into a spiral of anxious thinking, that’s a good indicator that you and your mentor might not be a good fit. Yes, working through your goals will be di...