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Key Takeaways Mondays and Fridays are too risky to hold important meetings and discuss significant business points. Find a better time to schedule meetings to protect the outcome.
Get to know your staff well, and you will know exactly how to best communicate with them — and be able to gauge their moods for important conversations.
Create an environment of psychological safety in your office so people feel comfortable enough to address issues without fear of retribution.
There’s a reason why your staff won’t execute the tasks you present. And it has nothing to do with the task.
As a leader, you only have one chance to present a new task for the first time. So, to ensure success and stop wasting time on follow-ups, start by being conscious of the factors that impact your presentation.
If you experience regular pushback from your staff, don’t take it personally. It is your communication that lacks structure, not your personality. Your communication isn’t effective in changing their behavior. It is clear: Their resistance is the feedback on your communication.
The down-hour concern: Stay away from Mondays and Fridays
Mondays and Fridays are too risky to hold important meetings and discuss significant business points. Your staff is mentally on the weekend, and anything you say won’t change that. Expectations might be a more progressive week and the right tone, but reality will show that your meeting had no impact. No one actually comprehended what you were saying because they were busy rewinding the Saturday night in their heads.
Don’t leave a performance meeting or another important agenda item to talk about on a Friday. Your team will completely ignore what you said, unintentionally. You’ll have to repeat yourself over and over again, hoping to make an impact.
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