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8. Use more asynchronous communication (AKA 

– “Should this meeting be an email?“) 

When it comes to managing remotely, adopting 

asynchronous communication is key. You can’t video 

conference your way to keeping everyone updated. 

Not only is that exhausting and time consuming, but it also 

ends up turning everyone’s schedule into nothing but 

meetings. How can anyone get anything done if their 

calendar is filled with group meetings and a million ad hoc 

meetings? 

 

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Do you really need that meeting? 

You know how in the office you might turn to a colleague 

or bump into them in the hallway and give them a quick 

update? Well, the temptation can be to schedule a meeting 

to do that instead. 

The problem is that it often turns a 5 minute office chat 

into a 30-60 minute meeting. Pretty soon, your “planned 

serendipity” meetings can fill up your whole work day. 

This is why you should think about other ways to 

communicate beyond meetings. Ask yourself: 

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