WEBVTT - Round early

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to round early. Making yourself available to your

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<v Speaker 1>colleagues well before the end of the workday and perhaps

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<v Speaker 1>to your kids well before bedtime means you'll be more

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<v Speaker 1>likely to stick to your schedule without sacrificing connection. You

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<v Speaker 1>have probably heard of medical rounds. Medical providers make their

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<v Speaker 1>way to see each of their patients in the hospital

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<v Speaker 1>to check on them and be available for any questions.

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<v Speaker 1>Even if you work in an office, you can take

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<v Speaker 1>a page from physicians playbooks and round. That is, you

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<v Speaker 1>can proactively walk the area where you're tea works and

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<v Speaker 1>either verbally check in with each of your team members

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<v Speaker 1>or simply make yourself visible so they can call you

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<v Speaker 1>over if there is anything they need to talk through.

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<v Speaker 1>You may feel like you are already fielding a thousand

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<v Speaker 1>questions and the last thing you want to do is

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<v Speaker 1>an invite even more. But here's the thing. Your team

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<v Speaker 1>probably has questions and updates they want to share. Rounding

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<v Speaker 1>lets you address those questions and updates at a time

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<v Speaker 1>that works for you. Rounds are like office hours, but

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<v Speaker 1>in reverse, you go to your team instead of being

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<v Speaker 1>available for your team to come to you. Because rounds

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<v Speaker 1>make you available to your team, your team members are

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<v Speaker 1>less likely to email you or send a chat message,

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<v Speaker 1>or to make a guess about how they should handle

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<v Speaker 1>a tricky situation. As rounding early, I mean plan on

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<v Speaker 1>doing this, circling a significant amount of time before you

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<v Speaker 1>plan to walk out the door. Here's why. If you

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<v Speaker 1>round early, you might ward off that tendency for a

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<v Speaker 1>colleague to approach you with just one quick question right

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<v Speaker 1>as you need to leave. You may be on your

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<v Speaker 1>way to pick up a kid, or meet a friend

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<v Speaker 1>for a drink, or change clothes for a yoga class

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<v Speaker 1>that starts really soon. You may not really have time

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<v Speaker 1>for the question, but you also don't want to leave

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<v Speaker 1>your team member hanging unable to move forward in their work.

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<v Speaker 1>So why not give people a chance to remember and

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<v Speaker 1>ask those questions earlier in the day. It might not work,

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<v Speaker 1>but it also just might. A similar approach can work

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<v Speaker 1>at home. I hear from parents of tweens and teens

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<v Speaker 1>that their own bedtime gets through thrown off when a

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<v Speaker 1>usually silent child suddenly wants to open up When the

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<v Speaker 1>parent sticks their head in to say good night, leaving

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<v Speaker 1>the parent torn between spending meaningful time with a kid

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<v Speaker 1>and getting to bed in time for a good night's sleep.

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<v Speaker 1>I have definitely been there to create opportunity for connection

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<v Speaker 1>and sleep. I find it can help to round earlier

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<v Speaker 1>instead of waiting until bedtime to engage with your kids.

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<v Speaker 1>Consider making the rounds an hour or so before. My

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<v Speaker 1>kids are required to be in their bedrooms without devices

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<v Speaker 1>an hour before lights out, so it is possible to

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<v Speaker 1>stop by earlier. If I want to get to bed

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<v Speaker 1>as early as possible. Perhaps a similar approach might work

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<v Speaker 1>for you, just as it pays to round earlier at

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<v Speaker 1>work and in your home. In other contexts too, there

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<v Speaker 1>is wisdom and making sure that you connect before the

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<v Speaker 1>window is closing. Don't let a lunch with a friend

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<v Speaker 1>pass with just chet chat about Taylor Swift's new album

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<v Speaker 1>and your commuting woes. If what you really want to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about is whether you should move in with your partner,

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<v Speaker 1>that big topic warrants more time, then you can give

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<v Speaker 1>it if you bring it up only as you are

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<v Speaker 1>waiting for the check. Don't spend a week at your

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<v Speaker 1>parents house playing bridge if what you really want to

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<v Speaker 1>do is talk with them about where they want to

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<v Speaker 1>live when they can't live independently any more. Get to

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<v Speaker 1>the big topics sooner. We have all had the experience

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<v Speaker 1>of big, schedule busting matters coming out at the end

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<v Speaker 1>of a meeting or the end of any sort of gathering,

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<v Speaker 1>and sometimes that is just life. But it might also

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<v Speaker 1>be possible to round early and encourage these big matters

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<v Speaker 1>to surface at a time when you have enough time

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<v Speaker 1>to deal with them in the meantime. This is Laura.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening, and here's to making the moose of

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<v Speaker 1>our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've

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<v Speaker 1>got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at

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