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Communication

Building effective and transparent team communication

Good communication is the foundation of teamwork. Establishing clear, transparent, and efficient communication reduces misunderstandings and improves execution.

Meeting Management

  • Daily Standup: Sync progress and blockers
  • Weekly Meeting: Review achievements, plan next week's goals
  • One-on-One (1:1): Regular deep conversations with team members
  • Retrospective: Continuously improve team collaboration

Communication Principles

  • Async-first, minimize unnecessary meetings
  • Document important decisions
  • Be open and transparent, reduce information silos
  • Listen actively, provide constructive feedback

Collaboration Tools

  • Project Management: Jira / Linear / GitHub Projects
  • Documentation: Notion / Confluence / Google Docs
  • Messaging: Slack / Teams / Discord
  • Code Collaboration: GitHub / GitLab

Remote Collaboration

  • Establish remote work guidelines
  • Manage timezone differences
  • Async communication best practices
  • Maintain team connection and belonging

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