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It would be incredibly annoying to get detailed emails summarizing everything I ask my team members to do. Take good notes and recap your to do's briefly before ending conversations with your senior.
Guys I'm not trying to change them! (I would if I could but..) I'm just trying to ask how I MYSELF can make sure we're both on the same page. We've had a lot of miscommunications
I've been in this situation and completely agree with Manager 1! Take the opportunity when you're ending your face-to-face conversation to say, "okay, I'm going to get started on X and Y and check to see if we have what we need for Z", alternatively, recap specific instructions "I'll pull in document X, format it to match document Y, then tie that out to document Z". You might find you still have miscommunications, but at that point you can refer back to what they confirmed when you spoke. I've worked with seniors before who: forget what they've asked me to do; instruct me to do something the wrong way; or are horrible at communicating and/or don't actually know what to ask me to do and just generally want me to figure it out without giving proper instruction. There's no winning in these types of interactions and it's incredibly frustrating! Just hang in there, get the work done as best you can ...and then quietly request that scheduling avoid pairing you up 😐 Good luck!
Always repeat back to that person what you heard from them. It sounds dumb but they're saying one thing and you're hearing another. Or they're not saying something and assumed you know what they're thinking. If you generally work well with most people you're probably working with a poor communicator.
Generally your boss gets to decide how they want to communicate with you. Not the other way around. Do you or your senior speak English as a second language?
A great boss/leader knows their staff and can change his style but those are hard to come by
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OP Sadly, yes staff do it all the time and it’s a nightmare because you end up just repeating what the task was multiple time. Personally, I prefer summary emails to and from staff that helps to manage what is and isn’t being done. That being said, I like my staff to me through things they’ve done, especially if it was complex. Or, if I think it’s wrong, it’s a great teaching opportunity.
OP GROW UP. They are not your parents and they do not have obligations to put in writing for things you need do. God did not have a checklist for you after you were born neither. This is a harsh comment I know but I hope you get it.
OP, you need to learn to flex! This is something you start to develop after a year plus with the firm. Senior wants to talk through everything so at the end of each discussion, summarize next steps in detail like you would in an email but verbal. If it's all good and you have a miscommunication, sit down with the senior after and go over your notes/summary of next steps and talk about why you didn't do AB or C from a factual perspective. Aka don't get defensive. This way you're actually coaching the senior on how to improve his/her communication styles in a discrete way. So"when you said do Y, I thought that meant blah blah blah and I didn't realize you also meant X".
Nope. I'm not asking how to change their communication style, I'm asking what I can do to close the gap
Learn how to talk to people. Coaching only through email and gchat is terrible!!!!
Summary emails.. not detailed novels.. summaries
Duh 😂 haha sorry but does anyone NOT take notes when they meet with someone?
You sound like a staff that asks dumb questions.
OP ignore all the people that are giving you crap on here. You have a legit question and it should be answered. I agree what others have said to recap back what you've gone over w the senior. A senior taught me also that when you start a task get a small example of it done and show to senior to make sure you're on the right track. Make sure you're having daily touch points, especially if remote, so you can ask any questions.
Why don't you like talking? Me personally is because I'm a foreigner and people never understand me but practice and forcing myself to do it has improved my communication skills soooooo much.
It's not that I don't like talking, it's just that there has been miscommunication. I've never had this issue with anyone else, so I can only assume it's primarily because we do most communicating face to face. But now that I think about it, I realize there are other teams that I communicate with solely face to face, so maybe that's not the underlying issue