Tip: Have you forgotten someone?
Remember a time when everyone came into the office? While you may not miss some of your difficult colleagues, there were people with whom you had a nice relationship, simply based on being in the same office together. They were amiable colleagues, not besties. Have you continued to connect with some of them regularly?
- Make a list of 5 to 10 colleagues who are working remotely, who you don’t see face-to-face.
- Rate how connected you have been during the last year. (And quietly sitting in on a video meeting doesn’t really count.)
- For the ones you have not connected with as frequently as you would have liked, write their names on a post-it note and put it on your desk.
- Set up a plan to regularly connect. Let them know that you would like to do this and see if they are game. Perhaps it’s a Touch Base Tuesday for 10 minutes?
- Plan a question or two prior to your virtual call. You may not need it, but it’s ‘conversational insurance’.
- Revaluate in a couple of months. Ask them if they’ve enjoyed it, if they want to continue.
It’s a work in progress to make these virtual relationships successful. Be flexible and discuss it with them. It takes two to make this work!
SHEPA LEARNING COMPANY WEEKLY POSITIVE NETWORKING® TIP?
?No. 1073, July 31,
2024?
?By Gayle Hallgren and
Judy Thomson