The Lost Art of Connecting: The Gather, Ask, Do Method for Building Meaningful Business Relationships

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COMMUNICATION 101

Pings, bleeps, blurts—these sounds pepper the landscape of our days. We live in a world of nonstop communication that happens across a head-spinning number of channels, time zones, and even languages. There are myriad ways and tools (a LinkedIn note, phone call, a personal email, a quick Twitter DM) to communicate—and miscommunicate. The challenges are many: How do you communicate in a way that is efficient but not terse? How do you make your communications authentic and deep without inadvertently crossing a professional or cultural line? How do you draw boundaries to allow for critical personal time to avoid burnout, but also make yourself flexible and available? Striking the right balance in each of these pursuits requires ...