What do people care about hearing in weekly status updates?
As a follow-up to my post about sending email updates as an alternative (or improvement) to status meetings, here’s list of what people want to see in their status meeting update emails. What to include in the email update. Project Milestones. List the project...Do your team mates often complain that they don’t get enough emails? Here’s how you can make them happy by sending more.
Email updates as an alternative to status meetings. Sending an email update to stakeholders prior to a status meeting may enable you to cut the status meeting duration in half or thirds. Emailed status updates are also a great way to address some of the reasons that...Fun Fact: Did you know there are 293 ways to make change for a dollar?
I’m curious to see who figured this out and how they did that. Aren’t you? I’m also curious if it was someone that worked alone to figure this out or if they worked in a group with others. I’m curious if someone did work alone to figure this...4 Strategies to motivate others on your teams
This is from the Harvard Business Review Management Tip of the Day. #1 Use simple language when writing about complex things. Keep it simple and break down complex items. #2 Use metaphors when introducing new or abstract ideas. This helps to connect the new ideas to...What is a high performing team and why does it matter?
I have been posting about the secrets to high performing teams over the past several weeks. We have looked at the first 5 secrets and there are 7 more to come. Today, I am pausing to summarize the first five and ask for some feedback. Which secret do you connect with...