From the course: Managing Temporary and Contract Employees
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Communicating clearly and efficiently
From the course: Managing Temporary and Contract Employees
Communicating clearly and efficiently
- Unlike full-time staff, temporary and contract workers schedule their own hours, work remotely, and have multiple priorities besides your company's mission. As the leader, it's up to you to make sure you are in constant communication with everyone on your team to reiterate the values that enable and empower your mission. Ensure you schedule frequent meetings to ensure mission alignment and take the time, and I mean really take the time, to have a relationship where you're able to connect on an actual human level. Remember, speaking is not the same thing as communicating. Effective communication is a two-way street. It involves asking questions and listening. Marshall Goldsmith, a respected business advisor, asks six questions when coaching executives, and they're also powerful queries to get temporary and contract workers to think, commit, and act on your intentions. Where are we going? This is a question to see if the contractor truly understands the values, mission, and strategy…
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