Everyone, everywhere
Being nice, you try to make difficult messages easier to take.
Being nice, you wrap all messages in coloured paper.
You say, “Next week”, when you really mean,…
You absolutely have to do the job you signed up for. No compromise. And if that means you’re wedded to a workstation for hours of every day, so be it.
And yet.
Walk around anyway (video if necessary).
Get to know the people around you – the ones who depend on you and you depend on, and everyone else. Find out about what they do and how they do it, how their efforts interact with yours, what they’re involved in beyond the obvious, who they know, who you know that you can introduce them to.
Encounter everyone, and encourage everyone to encounter you.
Get to know the people on your floor, other floors, in other departments, from other divisions. Meet them at the water cooler, before meetings, after meetings, on the way down in the elevator. Everyone, everywhere.
Let’s call it, management (building relationships) by actually talking.
Skippy strategy: Get out from behind your screen.
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At that lunch, in that safe place, and assuming you’ve already established an authentic level of trust:
5. What can I tell you about the organisation?
Knowing everything…