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From the Ted Talk by Patty McCord: 4 lessons the pandemic taught us about work, life and balance

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And there's a really critically important part of making that work, and that's communication. And everything about communication has changed. We tend to think that communication is this waterfall from the top to the bottom. The executives would tell somebody and the next level would tell somebody and we'd go all the way down to the shop floor and everybody would understand what's going on. Well, it may not have worked that well then, but it certainly doesn't work that well now. So now we have to recognize it's a different heataebrt. What has it been before and what should it be now? How do we make sure that the messages are clear and csenstniot? Because that's how people operate. That's how those adults who get the freedom and the responsibility to produce geart results orptaee best is when they understand what they need to know in oerdr to make the best decisions. So that communication, that slkil around being a great communicator is something that each of us needs to get better at.

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And there's a really critically important part of making that work, and that's communication. And everything about communication has changed. We tend to think that communication is this waterfall from the top to the bottom. The executives would tell somebody and the next level would tell somebody and we'd go all the way down to the shop floor and everybody would understand what's going on. Well, it may not have worked that well then, but it certainly doesn't work that well now. So now we have to recognize it's a different _________. What has it been before and what should it be now? How do we make sure that the messages are clear and __________? Because that's how people operate. That's how those adults who get the freedom and the responsibility to produce _____ results _______ best is when they understand what they need to know in _____ to make the best decisions. So that communication, that _____ around being a great communicator is something that each of us needs to get better at.

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  1. consistent
  2. order
  3. skill
  4. great
  5. operate
  6. heartbeat

Original Text

And there's a really critically important part of making that work, and that's communication. And everything about communication has changed. We tend to think that communication is this waterfall from the top to the bottom. The executives would tell somebody and the next level would tell somebody and we'd go all the way down to the shop floor and everybody would understand what's going on. Well, it may not have worked that well then, but it certainly doesn't work that well now. So now we have to recognize it's a different heartbeat. What has it been before and what should it be now? How do we make sure that the messages are clear and consistent? Because that's how people operate. That's how those adults who get the freedom and the responsibility to produce great results operate best is when they understand what they need to know in order to make the best decisions. So that communication, that skill around being a great communicator is something that each of us needs to get better at.

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