Where does teamwork happen? For many teams it's in meetings. Sure, everyone might have tasks to work through on their own, but in many teams the key interactions happen in meetings and conversations. There's nothing wrong with that IF it works well for your team. But it doesn't always. A strong everything-is-a-meeting habit may lead to: people … Continue reading 🕯️ Organize your communication around focused work
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Use email or chat to direct attention,use a team wiki to store information. Email and chat usually carry a high-level of urgency, but make it pretty hard to refer to key pieces of information later. This makes it that much harder to develop useful knowledge over time. Systems like a Wiki or internal Blogs are much better for storing information and enabling knowledge … Continue reading 👉 Don’t use the same tools to direct attention and store information
When you have something to say, say it in a way that makes it easy for people to understand you. Lack of clarity causes problems If you leve things unclear or ambiguous some people might just ignore the rest of you message. Opportunity lost. Or they will ask clarifying questions. More work for you. And … Continue reading ✍️ Make it easy for people to understand you
* Mountains picture by Tobias Rademacher via Unsplash If you don't know what you want, you're probably not going to get it. So to help you figure things out here are three things that helped me: Exploring Personal Priorities Please find a calm place, take some time and ask yourself: For 2021 to be your … Continue reading 💎 Know What You Want
What do pro athletes do all day? Barbell picture by Victor Freitas via Unsplash.com Let's say you want to become a world-class athlete. You wouldn't expect to get strong from lifting a barbell once and you wouldn't exect to win games against competent opponents after practicing for an hour or four. No. You start with … Continue reading 🏋️ Train like an athlete
* Eggs picture by Tengyart via Unsplash.com Autumn was a busy time for me and my girlfriend. We've moved from a single room micro-appartment to one more conducive to two people working from home all the time. We've also adopted a cat. Both of those things contributed to our sense of calmness and satisfaction. On … Continue reading 🍏 Limits, regeneration and meaning – how not to go crazy in difficult times
If you've been reading One Minute Tips for a while or you've just downloaded your Meeting Overload Rescue Kit you are familiar with the idea that good communication is concrete, concise and meaningful. CCM is useful in a variety of contexts across different communication channels and one of the benefits of using it is that … Continue reading ✉️ De-noise Your Email
Owl photo by Joe Green via Unslash One problem with remote work is that it's even easier for misunderstandings to occur. It's hard even when we're working from the same physical space and have multiple opportunities to talk face to face every day. But now? Fuggedaboutit! Left unaddressed those misunderstandings can quickly escalate into destructive … Continue reading 🤔 How might this make sense?
When the stakes are high and emotions run hot it's not so easy to make the best decisions we would normally be capable of. The following set of questions will help you give it your best shot. Step 1) What are the facts of the situation? Try to separate the facts from your interpretations and … Continue reading ☀️ Make good decisions in difficult interpersonal situations
Let's look at leadership through the lens of action. I like the analogy to mindsports like chess, go or poker. It's not enough to be a good player. To win you have to actually make good plays. If you get lazy, distracted or underestimate your opponents and you make bad plays than your rank or … Continue reading 🎖️ Encourage acts of leadership at all levels