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Communication & Team Connection: Building Trust Through Better Relationships
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Communication & Team Connection: Building Trust Through Better Relationships

Every team is a collection of unique perspectives, communication styles, and working preferences. What looks like a simple conversation to one person might feel overwhelming to another. The challenge isn't having different viewpoints—it's creating the shared language and understanding that allows these diverse minds to collaborate effectively

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Communication Chronicles - Insights from the Yoga Mat

Communication Chronicles - Insights from the Yoga Mat

After understanding the "Why" of the poses, it became easier to understand how to adapt and if I needed to do something completely different. Here is how you adapt this to team communication: Share what outcome people are trying to get to and why it's important. Be succinct: Explain clearly with as few words as possible.  Be consistent in how you communicate

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Facilitated Team Building is Better than Free Range Team Building

Facilitated Team Building is Better than Free Range Team Building

Think of the variety of team building events you’ve done- Most of them are free range. Happy hour, games, and even volunteering can be energizing and enjoyable, yet the interactions between people aren’t designed to connect. You are hoping for randomized collisions to help people connect. Facilitated events creates collisions and harnesses them to create connection with intent.

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The Tradeoffs of Virtual Vs In-Person Work

The Tradeoffs of Virtual Vs In-Person Work

In essence, the choice between virtual and in-person work isn't about deciding which is superior. It's about recognizing and balancing the tradeoffs: the convenience and flexibility of virtual work against the potentially richer, more nuanced communication that comes with face-to-face interactions.

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