Enigin Advise on how to Stop Communication Overload II
Often people complain about all the useless back-to-back meetings and being copied in on hundreds of unnecessary emails, and it has got even worse.
At Enigin we value communication but communication needs to valuable - so here is advice for Enigin Distributors and Partners who are running their own energy saving businesses.
It was once believed that there’s no such thing as over-communication. Now we’d do anything to make it stop. Communication is out of control and it can take all the fun and productivity out of work.
Yes communication is as important to business success as it used to be, but now there’s just too much of it.
For whatever reason, the new problem of hyper-collaboration, where everybody’s included in everything, can become a problem.
Whatever the reason, communication overload has reached epidemic proportions and it’s killing precious productivity and effectiveness at a time of economic strife and global competition, when our already overwhelmed and under-resourced management teams and workforces can least afford it.
Here are the second five of 10 Ways to Stop Communication Overload:
6. If anybody out there is still trying to make matrix management work, stop. It’s a brilliant organizational concept that’s nearly impossible to execute without creating mass confusion and, ultimately, way more problems than it solves.
7. Be leery of noncritical management fads that are sure to create tons of meetings with amorphous results. Remember OD - Organization Development?
8. Question the ubiquitous “I want to be involved” and “keep me in the loop” micromanaging / controlling mentality.
9. Don’t use collaboration or communication tools for the sake of using them. If the net ROI isn’t clear, don’t do it.
10. Never forget that, now more than ever, time is everyone’s most precious asset.
We have gone too far the other way as far as communication is concerned and we need to take some of this communication and collaboration stuff off the table and create a little balance or, if nothing else, some time for people to actually get some work done.
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