Leadership Miscommunication: The Seven Deadly Spins of Connecting with Employees

Introduction That sounds awful, said my boss.

She was asking for new ways to communicate with faculty and staff.

So I pitched an old idea.

You could host breakfast meetings, I said.

Invite a dozen different faculty and staff every month to join you for breakfast.

No death by PowerPoint. No prepared remarks. No agenda.

Just an hour of informal conversation.