WEBVTT - Second Cup: One tip for working with you

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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 that when you are working with a new team,

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<v Speaker 1>one of the best icebreakers you can use is for

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<v Speaker 1>everyone to share a tip about how they like to

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<v Speaker 1>work with people. If you have any particular quirks or preferences,

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<v Speaker 1>this is a great time to let people know them.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is a much more useful icebreaker exercise than

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<v Speaker 1>most of the other ones people come up with. Today's tip,

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<v Speaker 1>like others we've heard in recent weeks, comes from Laura

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<v Speaker 1>May Martin, author of the new book Up Time. She

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<v Speaker 1>was also recently a guest on my other podcast, Best

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<v Speaker 1>of Both Worlds. Martin notes that we all develop ways

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<v Speaker 1>that we like working. It is often helpful if other

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<v Speaker 1>people know about these. For instance, maybe you prefer to

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<v Speaker 1>be asked complicated questions in person rather than by email,

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<v Speaker 1>or maybe you prefer texting to email and phone calls.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you have an organization system where it is really

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<v Speaker 1>helpful to get meeting agendas at least a day in advance.

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<v Speaker 1>Things get thrown off if you don't have it by then.

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<v Speaker 1>Whatever it is, it is helpful for colleagues or clients

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<v Speaker 1>to know these things, and you probably want to know

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<v Speaker 1>their quirks too. Sharing a tip for working with you

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<v Speaker 1>normalizes being explicit about how you like to interact and work.

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<v Speaker 1>There are some office cultures where it is common for

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<v Speaker 1>employees to have a personal user manual describing the way

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<v Speaker 1>they work in their norms and preferences and procedures. But

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<v Speaker 1>even for an office culture where having personal user manuals

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<v Speaker 1>is not the norm, and trust me, it is not

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<v Speaker 1>the norm in most offices, I do need to know

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<v Speaker 1>how best to work with each other. Not everyone works

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<v Speaker 1>the same way. Being aware of this can make a

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<v Speaker 1>team a lot more efficient. As for making the one

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<v Speaker 1>tip for working with me concept and icebreaker, well, I

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<v Speaker 1>am sure we have all been in meetings where the

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<v Speaker 1>proposed icebreaker didn't quite hit the mark. Which fruit would

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<v Speaker 1>you prefer to be? People share fun facts that aren't

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<v Speaker 1>particularly fun and might not be factual either. Do you

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<v Speaker 1>really need to know that your colleague once met Will

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<v Speaker 1>Ferrell on the beach A tip for working with your

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<v Speaker 1>colleague is going to be far far more useful. So

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<v Speaker 1>if you are a manager and want to help your

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<v Speaker 1>team work together more happily and efficiently. Or if you

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<v Speaker 1>are an individual contributor and happen to get the opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>to lead an icebreaker, consider asking people to share a

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<v Speaker 1>tip for working with them. If you do, you will

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<v Speaker 1>make people more aware of the variety of work habits

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<v Speaker 1>and preferences in your midst and you can become a

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<v Speaker 1>stronger team in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening,

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<v Speaker 1>and here's to making the most of our time. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas,

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