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Identify team members' preferred communication mode

Identify team members' preferred communication mode

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Identify team members' preferred communication mode

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- Let's face it, we all know people who we can email for days, but we won't really get a response until we pick up the phone and call them. Or maybe it's the opposite, they'll be slow to respond by phone, but if you email or a text them, you get an immediate response. The simple fact is that most of us are hard-wired with a preferred communication mode, typically, either face-to-face, phone, email, or text. While our natural tendency is to default to our preferred communication mode, the truth is that most people respond more quickly and more fully if we use their mode. So how do you find that out? Just ask. It sounds super simple, but it's not what typically happens. Too often we just keep emailing and wondering why we're not getting a quick response. When you learn each person's preferred mode and their general communication pet peeves, collaboration becomes so much easier and more effective. Here's a simple but…

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