6 Quick Fixes To End Slack Overwhelm

05/14/20 • 19 min

#09 There’s a maxim I love about email that goes something like this...

Your email inbox is other peoples’ todo list for you.

If you’re not careful, Slack can turn into that on steroids! With a growing team of 40 across 5 continents, it can be a challenge to keep things under control in our business’s Slack workspace. We like to say, “The sun never sets on Tier 11,” because there’s always someone working somewhere. Which means Slack is always buzzing.

So how do you strike a balance between maintaining great communication with your team and never getting anything done?

In this episode, I share six tips you can implement in 15 minutes or less to end Slack overwhelm!
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#09 There’s a maxim I love about email that goes something like this...

Your email inbox is other peoples’ todo list for you.

So how do you strike a balance between maintaining great communication with your team and never getting anything done?

Previous Episode

Seven Tips for Virtual Managers - Part 2

#08 Are you a virtual manager? We’ve got highly actionable tips to get you headed in the right direction.

These are things you must get in the habit of doing regularly or your team’s performance will suffer. Even if you’re an experienced leader, doing it in a remote environment takes a few tweaks to dial it in.

Be sure you also check out Part 1 of this episode (#07).

Resources Mentioned In This Episode

1-on-1 Questions

Don't stress about the agenda. Having a great agenda for a 1-on-1 is way less important than just doing the 1-on-1 in the first place. Remember, these are coaching calls.

If you're short on ideas or need a jump start to get over that "blank paper" fear, here are some of our favorite questions.

Ang's favorite questions:

What did you learn last week?
What were your big wins?

Deacon's favorite questions:

Tell me about your week this week. What's taking most of your time?
[describe problem], what are we missing?

Ralph's favorite questions:

What can I do to help you?
What do you have today? Problems, issues, etc.

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What To Do When Your Team Doesn't Deliver

#10 A big fear of any manager is what to do when a team member doesn't do what you needed. In a virtual environment this fear is magnified so intensely that many business owners don't even try to build a virtual team.

In this episode we talk about the keys that have enabled us to build a worldwide high-performance virtual team. Discover the leading indicators to watch out for so you can address a hot spot before it derails a project or account.

You'll also find out specific tactics and phrases we use with our team to smooth things out and increase performance.
Resources Mentioned In This Episode

The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard
#07 Seven Tips For Virtual Managers - Part 1
#08 Seven Tips For Virtual Managers - Part 2
#09 Six Tips To End Slack Overwhelm

1-Click Slack Status Update

You can set five "1-click" status updates in your Slack workspace. Here are the ones we setup in our workspace at Tier 11.
To change the choices, click "Edit suggestions..." at the bottom of the status menu.
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