015: Using planning to keep your team informed and motivated

Published: Sept. 29, 2020, 4 a.m.

Ever get frustrated that your team doesn’t know what is going on in the business, despite numerous communications from you?

Get surprised when someone tells you that they didn’t know about an important deadline that you’ve emailed out to all staff 100 times?

Find that your team isn’t working on the highest priority?

If this sounds familiar, here’s a little tough love that you need to hear: even though you think you are communicating well, you aren’t. Yes, this is on you, not on your team.

So how do you get your team to listen? To pay attention to those incredibly important goals and take action on them?

Well, the answer definitely isn’t to speak louder or send more emails! Instead, it is time to involve them in planning.

 

If you are wondering how to involve your team in planning without drowning in voices, ideas, conflicting priorities, or concerned that having everyone involved in planning is a waste of time, this episode of the Leading Women in Tech podcast  is for you. I take you through a very simple recipe to get full team engagement, and find out how, for a small upfront time cost, can save weeks of unproductive effort and missed deadlines.

 

Ready to take control of Q4 and wrap up 2020 with a team filled with clarity, passion and excitement for shared goals? Let’s go to the show!

Useful links!

Sign-up to get first access to my new free 5-part mini course and develop your understanding of impostor syndrome, why it impacts you, and the impact on others in your team: https://tonicollis.com/impostorsyndrome

If you are ready to uplevel your career, and get a boost (and a salary bump) by shortcutting your way to success, find out more about Toni’s Coaching at:

https://tonicollis.com/workwithtoni

Alternatively, go straight ahead and book a free Discovery Call, to find out more and discuss the type of support you would most benefit from: https://bit.ly/DiscoverToni 

 

Catch the show notes, and more details about today's episode here: http://tonicollis.com/episode15

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