Working from Home - Top Tip - Communicate x 3!

Here's another of my 'From WTF to WFH' Top Tips ... and it sounds obvious but it is so easy to forget. As they used to say on the old BT adverts .... "It's good to talk"
Checking in with each other right now is more important than ever - talk to your teams regularly and not just about business, talk about what's going on personally as well as whats going on professionally - I call it Megacommunicating.
Its what we do with our friends and families all the time, we just check-in with each other to make sure everything is OK. So, arrange regular check-ins with your team to make sure everyone is OK, that everyone is on the same page, that everyone sees the bigger picture and find out how you can help.
We're pretty much all remote these days, and while "water cooler smalltalk" might be out the window, it doesn't mean that every online meeting needs to be totally business-first. It's really important you spend the first 5 to 10 minutes of any meeting asking about everyone's general well-being. What they have been up to? What fun are they having?
Simply asking these questions shows how much you value them and their happiness. Even better, they'll pay it forward with their own teams.
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