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When to Communicate in Person
Have you ever taken offense at an e-mail, even if its message wasn't offensive? How about on a conference call?
When we can't read peoples' body language, our limbic (emotional) brain fills in details we miss. Those details may be flat-out wrong. We may end up reacting to a different message to the one sent!
The following chart may help you decide when to meet in person.
In Person: Not Necessary
if the message is:
Probably Best In Person
if the message is:
- Complex
- Conversational
- Emotional
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Have a Meeting, Lose Weight
 Salo, a Minneapolis-based financial firm, set up treadmills with height-adjustable work surfaces in a circle. Employees face each other and walk during meetings!
The staff has collectively lost more than 150 pounds since the treadmills were installed. Their cholesterol and triglyceride levels have also dropped.
Many companies are holding "stand-up" meetings--Salo just took this concept further. Moral of the story: Standing up during meetings could improve your health!
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Two Puzzlers!
1. What should the next letter be?
O,T,T,F,F,S,S,E,N,
2. Where do X, Y and Z go--above the line or below?
AEFHIKLMNTVW
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BCDGJOPQRSU
The answers are below.
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