The concept of “too much and unnecessary communication” is individual for each recipient. Some individuals are what I call ‘social creatures’. They seem to thrive through interacting with others. Then there are the opposite, individuals who need to be away from people to rejuvenate. These individuals have a limit on how much interaction they can tolerate with others.
Now, let us look at communicating with a group of people in business. Many of us have worked for companies where weekly mailings or staff meetings are a standard. How many recall being bored in those staff meetings, because materials being discussed were already known or should have been common sense?
Now, let us look at it from the prospect of management: An employee breeched company policy. How do we ensure this does not grow into a major issue? -OR- There is new company policy that will be implemented soon. How do we ensure all employees are aware of the new policy? We will review the policy in a staff meeting! -OR- We will send out a companywide email/mailing. Oh, we just had new hires; we best include the basics, so they are not lost. The responsibility now lies on the employees to receive the information and what they will do with it. Some might take the basic information incorporated in the message as an insult to their intelligence, without realizing management is looking out for the company as a whole. Again, it goes back to individual recipients.
Let us return to your question of “What would you consider to be too much and unnecessary communication with your team?” It depends on each individual member in your team. The best you can do is to send out a weekly team mail with information pertinent to your entire team. When communicating with individual team members specifically, ask them how much communication they want. Some will want more than others.
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The concept of “too much and unnecessary communication” is individual for each recipient. Some individuals are what I call ‘social creatures’. They seem to thrive through interacting with others. Then there are the opposite, individuals who need to be away from people to rejuvenate. These individuals have a limit on how much interaction they can tolerate with others.
Now, let us look at communicating with a group of people in business. Many of us have worked for companies ...more
