We have many communication options these days – phone calls, faxes, emails, text messages, and so on. Sometimes it seems as though traditional, face-to-face meetings are disappearing. It seems that the more options for communicating that we have available, the less real communication occurs.
I am probably one of the only guys at my place of employment without a Bachelor of Science degree. Most are engineers. My degree is a lowly Bachelor of Arts degree. And it is in Mass Communications. However, I have leveraged it fully throughout my career. And one of the things that I recall about the communication process is that it has 3 parts and not just 2. We often think of the “sender” and the “receiver”. But we often forget the all important ‘feedback”. And unfortunately, feedback is extremely hard to discern outside of face to face communication. And even then it is hard to discern.
So, for On the Team Tuesday, let’s look at Team Briefings and what role we have as leaders in that setting. And let’s consider the characteristics and benefits of well run team briefings. .
The basic characteristics of a team briefing are as follows: Continue reading “Team Briefings”