You are too formal when you talk (remotely)

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English - March 30, 2022 07:00 - 4 minutes - 3.28 MB
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All remote conversations are formal

The time is arranged in advance, and so is the duration, the participants and the topic

And if everything is formalised, then it means that the interaction will also be formalised.

Or, in other words, it means there is much less room for spontaneous, improvised interactions.

While those have no effect on bringing a project forward, for example, they matter to how people work together.

So what to do as a manager?

Arrange for a moment, for a weekly ritual that - formalised as it may be - you dedicate precisely to just talking to your team. A one-to-one basically.

That alone can do a lot.

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