A cousin to the concept of “assign meaning slowly” is “assume positive intent.” Assume the best in a situation instead of the worst. Why not? We usually don’t have all of the information anyway. No email response yet? It’s probably not because they hate you. They’re probably just busy. No green light yet on that project you want to get started on? Again, it’s probably not because they hate you. Maybe the right stakeholders just haven’t been brought up to speed. The concepts of “assign meaning slowly” and “assume positive intent” equate to just letting things breathe a little. What would happen if we allowed things just a little bit space to develop?
“How can I mentor if everybody is remote?”
LinkedIn Micro-Poll Key Insights: More than half of us are back in the office in a meaningful way.A strong third of us are keeping it 100% remote. This info from a micro-poll I posted last week on LinkedIn. The biggest objection I hear about remote work is how it...