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How to Avoid Meetings

linux.conf.au via YouTube

Overview

This course aims to help individuals navigate the challenges of working with international teams by providing strategies for effective communication, conflict resolution, and collaboration. Participants will learn how to spot and address conflicts, translate professional contexts, and encourage participation and teamwork. The course teaches skills such as resolving conflicts, translating context and taxonomy, and growing collaboration. The teaching method includes sharing successful and unsuccessful strategies, embracing awkward situations, and empowering team members to ask questions. This course is intended for professionals working in international teams who want to improve communication and collaboration across different time zones and languages.

Syllabus

Introduction
Gartner report
Default pronoun
Cool things with language
Everyone is wrong
Mental shortcuts
Culture
Private jokes
Governance models
Barriers of entry
Dealing with people
Hacking culture
Conflict resolution 101
Unconscious bias
Creating cultures
Creating strategy
Resources

Taught by

linux.conf.au

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