One of my biggest leadership lessons of the past few years
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Here's a workplace truth: people don't just want the answer. They want to understand the journey.
LinkedIn CEO Daniel Shapero hears recommendations all day,… more
Here's a workplace truth: people don't just want the answer. They want to understand the journey.
LinkedIn CEO Daniel Shapero hears recommendations all day, but it's the context behind the decision that earns trust, creates alignment, and gets others on board as well.
Sharing your thinking isn't over-explaining. It's helping people understand the path that led to your decision.
What's a lesson that's changed how you communicate your ideas at work?like 137love 14insightful 14celebrate 7
In person time should be spent doing work that you can only do in person.
Simple enough. But too often, offsite agendas get filled with content that could have happened over Teams or email.
Carolyn Giang and our international comms team did a great job of… more
In person time should be spent doing work that you can only do in person.
Simple enough. But too often, offsite agendas get filled with content that could have happened over Teams or email.
Carolyn Giang and our international comms team did a great job of this last month in Paris. My favorite session was the prepared brainstorm. Each country lead came in with three ideas ready to pitch to the group (aka a kinder version of Shark Tank). We all did the pre-work and read the materials beforehand, so instead of spending the session getting up to speed, we pressure tested the ideas, built on the thinking, and left with fewer, stronger programs. I also left our time together with the fresh reminder of the incredible expertise our regional teams bring – and how much stronger our work is because of it.
Lisa Mudge's employee comms offsite earlier this year took a similar approach, and it reinforced the same lesson: if you're bringing people together, make it count. In person time is limited. Use it for the conversations, debates, and collaboration that don't happen as well over Teams or an email.
Planning a team offsite? My advice: cut anything that could have been an email or Teams call.like 78love 18celebrate 8insightful 3
