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‘Teams that harness a deep commitment to surfacing learnings in the customer delight space are empowered to demonstrate agile movement with vertically integrated mission clarity while maintaining horizontal coordination allowing them to become change leaders in a marketplace lead by change.’
To which I reply, Get in the ******* sea!
The world of work is filled with this kind of nonsense. Refuse to participate in it. Know what you mean to say. Say what you mean. Say it clearly.
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‘Let’s go with that option.’
To which I reply, Which option do you mean, Dennis?
A lot of your communication is probably written. When writing, imagine how your reader will perceive it.
Do they have all the knowledge and context you do?
Have you included all the information they need?
Have you made it obvious what your most important point is?
Have you formatted it so it’s easy to read?
A few minutes making your communication clear can save hours of annoyance and frustration. Plus, it will make you the kind of person that people want to work with because you make working with you easy.
I’m writing about tools for work again this week. Next week will be my favourite guest author of all time.
Grow slowly.
Jeff
This will either get you moving or make you shove your head under the pillow.
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