Meeting people from different teams can be really fun. Such events are tough to organise, but incredibly valuable.

People won’t automatically adopt your knowledge and community platform. You need community managers and curators to make the platform attractive and useful to people.

Recurring meetings are the bane of leaders’ and managers’ existences. Just. Get. Rid. Of. Them.

No one needs to do meaningless, soul-sapping work. Not even you. Take the time to get rid of such work so you and your colleagues can focus on the work that brings you joy.

Be yourself when you communicate as a leader. People will find you more relatable that way.

The most effective tool to support and lead your direct report, is the 1:1 or one-on-one meeting. Here are some tips to do them well.

To follow an asynchronous, remote-first approach your people need the tools to be productive.

If you care about culture and building teams - invest in it by setting aside time and money for it.

What’s the right time to document something? Liam Martin suggests the “rule of three” to identify the specific moment.

Autonomous teams make their own decisions. So leave the decision of when to meet F2F, to the team itself.

Make time-zones your ally. By alternating facilitation responsibilities across locations, you can make cross timezone workshops and inceptions less stressful for everyone.

Technical design docs are an efficient way to communicate about software architecture and technical solutions. These docs precede an architectural decision record. They benefit from detail, though brevity is an important consideration too.

Feature breakdown documents serve as a single resource to catalogue all information about a feature. As the team enhances the feature, this document becomes a single source of truth about it.

Idea papers allow you to nurture fresh ideas by articulating them clearly. People can use this as a reference to share feedback and enrich the idea. Decision making is also easier if everyone can understand the idea well.

F2F interactions are a great way for your team to recharge your social batteries and to build camaraderie.

Async audio can be an interesting way to share your message while conveying emotion. Audio is particularly easy to consume passively; such as, when working out or when driving.

A precise checklist takes away the guesswork from the onboarding process. Document what the new hire needs to do, by when they need to do it, and how.

A buddy is a new hire’s tour guide in the team. They can be a sounding board for questions, the person who makes introductions to others and also the first port of call for help.

1:1 meetings with new hires are a very effective way for them to get to know their colleagues.

Sharing a meal with your new team-mate can make them feel welcome to the team. Use this as a regular onboarding pattern.