Faster Together

ACCELERATOR #12

Following Protocols

In this, our final chapter, we touch upon four common situations where you should take it easy and keep your eyes open to help your team move faster and more productively.

For every communication method, you have rules and protocols to learn if you want to maximize your efficiency. Politeness and clarity, for example, represent ideals to shoot for in all communication. But few other universals exist in communications protocols, so once your team has the tools it needs to get the job done, it’s important to set expectations around how those tools will be used. What is a reasonable time frame to expect a reply to an email? How often should you check your voicemail? Should you be reachable by cell phone at all ...