Unique Work Style
Understanding and Addressing Individual Needs in Meetings
- Encouraging Openness and Feedback:
- Reflect on your unique needs and how they can be met.
- Write down thoughts and feedback to avoid calling people out directly.
- Give team members time to think about their needs and preferences.
- Offer anonymous ways to provide feedback.
- Identifying Preferences and Efficiency:
- Conduct an exercise to determine if meetings drain you or energize you.
- Identify what kind of meeting is efficient for you.
- Learn how information gets across to you best.
Openness and Humanity
- Human-Centered Approach:
- Emphasize the importance of being human in interactions.
- Like to find balance between personal and team needs to get the best out of everyone.
- Demonstrate that you have found ways to make things work for you, and they might be helpful for others as well.
- Highlight that you’re passionate about creating a supportive environment for everyone.
Building Trust and Communication
- Developing Relationships:
- Develop trust on an individual basis.
- Empathizing with your teammates individual needs and work styles builds more trust and productivity.
- Aim to create something that works for everyone individually and collectively.
- Emphasize that input from the team matters.
- Fostering Understanding:
- Open up about being neurodivergent.
- Share a bit about yourself to foster understanding.
- Avoid overwhelming with personal details initially; don't claim any handicap yet.
- Show that you want to learn about your team’s needs.
Flexibility and Iteration
- Balancing Needs:
- Recognize and accept different ways of functioning within the team.
- Strive to balance personal and team needs to get the best out of everyone, even if it's not perfect.
- Encourage finding ways for each person to be more efficient.
- Emphasize that both you and the team members are in this together.
- Iterative Approach:
- Be open to testing and iterating the team structure.
- Demonstrate that you hear what others are saying and will follow up.
- Encourage trying new methods.
- Embrace an agile approach.
Empowering Efficiency
- Personal and Team Efficiency:
- Clarify that being open is not a free pass for anyone; it’s about helping everyone find their efficient work style.
- Announce if you're not going to be available during weekends.
- Show that you can build long-term solutions even if energy levels vary.
- Encourage team members to choose their own communication style.