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Confrontation is certainly not the easiest part of being a manager. In fact, it’s probably your least favorite. It’s human nature to avoid interpersonal discord. Many people hope a problem just corrects itself without our intervention. But, is that manner of thinking really reality? How can you provide coaching for an employee, co-worker, or even your own supervisor and have it be a positive experience? We’ve all heard of “The Supervisor Sandwich.”
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Many of us have taken a course, or maybe two, on how to improve our communication. But how does technology impact your ability to effectively communicate? Most people spend up to 7 hours daily using technologies and social media to include email, texting, blogs, Facebook, Linked In, etc. to communicate. This replaces face-to-face communication in many situations. We have access to these lines of communication at all times - with Smartphones and other mobile devices. Technology is fantastic because it allows us to communicate fast and stay connected with a broader base of people. What do your posts, emails, and texts say about you professionally? Are you being as effective as you can be?
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Do you find yourself doing projects yourself because you don’t trust that others will do the job correctly? Team members and managers alike fall into this habit more than you think. What tends to follow are things like enormous workloads, anger at teammates, job dissatisfaction, low morale, and employee burn-out.
Common sense would tell us to confront the people on our team to fix the problem. Right? Well, in reality, many people will avoid this confrontation altogether. There all kinds of reasons why this crucial conversation never happens.
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Do you spend more time on email than any other activity in your workday? When you are in meetings do you check your phone multiple times – not fully engaged in the discussion? Is email the first thing you check when you get up in the morning and the last thing you check before you go to bed?
You may be ready to blame all the other people in your organization for this phenomenon. However, we need to first look at own practices and evaluate how we are contributing to the email overload problem.
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