Essentials for strong team communication

Communication has always been an integral part of team work especially when everyone is working from home now, so how can you maintain the contact? We have summarised some keypoints for you to use.

Create a shared vision

Discretionary effort are those who would like to go forward

Share big picture

Scope creep, changes in the project’s initial goal and objective

Is and Is Not analysis

Create feedback

1. Ask permission to give feedback

2. SBI (situation, behavior and impact model)

3. Create safe environment to share feedback regularly (whether in public or private)

Encourage participation

• Social loafing

Exerting less effort in a group than one would working individually

• Encourage participation

1. Collaborate on agendas

2. Create a culture of participation

3. Moderate team discussion

4. Consider environmental factors

5. Listen more than you speak

6. Avoid distractions

Reflection time

• After action review

Process used to learn from past events in order to improve in the future

1. What happened

2. What worked well

3. What should we change

Hold everyone accountable

• Develop a responsibility matrix

RACI (responsible, accountable, consulted and informed)

• Make contributions visible

• Give regular feedback