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Meetings Should Be The Last Resort
Five people in a room sitting for a one-hour meeting are spending a total of five hours of productive time. Real-time communication, physical or virtual meetings can be avoided most of the time.
Meetings should be the last resort, and writing comes to the rescue. Most meetings can be avoided by asynchronous communication on Slack, but if the threads are too long, and the decision is not in sight, it’s a signal that a meeting is required.
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Remote Work: Extrovert Bias
Many extroverts had a gala time in physical meetings, as their social interactions and energy kept them at the centre of attention. The quiet introverts, who might be great at implementing the ideas bounced on the table, were sidelined.
Remote work and the focus on the written word is the...
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Written Communication: Take Your Time And Think Clearly
People can take time to examine the problem or issue, and provide their input, something which isn’t possible in meetings.
Writing forces individuals and teams to think clearly and participate in a productive discussion. Writing also invites people to rectify mistakes, and point out gaps ...
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Slack It: How To Write Better At Work
- Get to the point quickly.
- Write as if explaining to a newbie or someone who doesn’t know what you do.
- If you are using acronyms, spell them out.
- Focus on the key idea at all times, from start to finish. Also add a summary and next action point to move forward.
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Communication In a Remote Setup: The Importance of Writing
Writing is increasingly important now as remote work has gone mainstream.
Be it Email, Slack, or Notion, all remote work is communicated with the help of writing. Writing helps save time by summarizing points in black and white to facilitate asynchronous c...
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- Virtual meeting preferences signal the need for a tailored response from leaders.
- Collecting feedback on your meetings
- Communicate to employees that you want meetings to be a more positive experience for them.
- Cancel unnecessary meetings and make necessary meetings ...
Schedule a time to talk as a group
Facing and overcoming family problems can seem impossible. When you work together, however, resolving family differences becomes more feasible. The first step towards resolution is agreeing that there is a problem in the first place. Then, once tempers are moderately cooled, everyone needs to pla...
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