Be More Responsive – Step #1 – Set Expectations
Although you cannot control the number of inbound outreaches to you, you can set expectations regarding how your colleagues will hear back from you. Expectations are the boundaries you create which reflect your unique style, calendar and workload. Here are some ways...
How Can I Be More Responsive?
You may feel that you should not respond to colleagues until you have the answer to their questions or requests. You may assume that others know you are working on their problem and you don’t feel a need to keep them updated. You may rationalize that you are so busy,...
Have You Been Labeled Unresponsive?
Responsiveness is the degree in which you get back to colleagues and foster progress.Your colleagues also do not have a lot of time. Their world is as frenetic as yours. When your colleagues do reach you, they need your help in order to keep moving forward. Have you...
How Responsive Are You?
In the Raise Your Visibility model, the third visibility accelerator is responsiveness. Responsiveness is defined as is the degree in which you get back to colleagues and foster progress. It is the other side of the revolving door for the second visibility accelerator...
Accessibility + Benefit = Value
It is not enough that you are highly accessible to your colleagues; your colleagues must also benefit from the interaction. After all, what is the point of being highly accessible if the interaction does not benefit your colleagues? Why would your colleagues reach out...
Beating Accessibility Hurdle #3
Accessibility is a Raise Your Visibility Indicator and I define accessibility as the degree in which colleagues can reach you and benefit from the interaction. What is accessibility hurdle #3? If I have an office, my door is likely closed. What can you do? - Leave...
Beating Accessibility Hurdle #2
Accessibility is a Raise Your Visibility Indicator and I define accessibility as the degree in which colleagues can reach you and benefit from the interaction. What is accessibility hurdle #2? I don’t feel I help my colleagues as much as I would like when I meet with...
Beating Accessibility Hurdle #1
What is Accessibility Hurdle #1? I am generally at my desk more than I am away from my desk. What can you do? - Find colleagues who seem to have figured it out. Talk with them about how they spend their time and brainstorm on ways that you can get out of your office...
Are You Inaccessible?
Being accessible is not just having an “open door policy” or ensuring your team knows your cellphone number. Accessibility is about creating an atmosphere where your colleagues can reach you – even interrupt you – and leave the interaction with a positive feeling....
How Do You Handle Unexpected Interruptions?
Accessibility does not mean you are available 24/7/365. We all have limits on the degree in which we can be reached by co-workers, and you should feel comfortable enforcing and expecting others to honor these limits. Can you be so successful modeling accessible...