Week of October 2nd, 2023
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Three Tips for Leveling Up Communication by Lauren Friedman (Excerpt)
2. Relearn how to communicate
Even before Covid, remote communication was a necessary requirement of a successful business. However, many of the important conversations were had in-person, or through hallway interactions as previously mentioned.
Now, those same conversations are held over private messages or video calls, and the lack of proximity creates opportunities for blind spots. Decisions are made and directives passed on, but employees find themselves confused or in disagreement with the directive because of their own factors. Or, leadership realizes too late a critical oversight in employee well-being that causes attrition and lost revenue due to project delays.
The phrase out of sight, out of mind is accurate and shows up, especially in a remote environment. Managers can’t see the challenges an employee is facing, they have to be proactive and ask. They can’t swing by a desk quickly to fill someone in on a status update, they have to type a message. Leaders must accept that responsibility and figure out how to fill the gap in a way that fits their communication style. Is it a report? Shifting to weekly 1:1s? An end-of-day Slack roundup? Ensuring you have regular communication with your team, not just to give information but to receive it, is critical for a remote business.
On the same page, the employee can’t assume their leadership knows what’s happening every day. Managing up is an essential communication skill, and the earlier you learn it, the better. Ask your leadership how they’d like status updates and how to raise a flag on things that need their attention. Create an itinerary for your 1:1s that has points you want to make sure to cover with them. Let them know your challenges and your wins so they can support and celebrate you.
Thought to Meditate On
On Wednesday, Deel and Ashby partnered to host a global hiring summit. Jim Miller, the master thought provocateur, put forth an important piece that often gets overlooked in the Recruiting = Sales debate: looking at the funnel between the groups is not the same. In Sales, having a massive funnel is a great thing. It represents opportunities that can translate into profit and more than one person is able to buy a product. In Recruiting, a massive funnel means something needs to be tweaked. It represents cost to the recruiter and the hiring team because they might only have one role to be offered (unless your company is massively hiring, which is a rarity these days). This translates to poor candidate and interviewer experience.
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1yAwesome resource!