This one communication problem could be plaguing your teams online effectiveness
Is 'Slack Rage' hijacking your communicaton?
In the age of dispersed work ecosystems, online communication has largely replaced office dynamics.
In many ways, online communication?has delivered many benefits: asynchronous work, flattened hierarchical structures, instant feedback and contact, cross-geography teams… but is there a cost?
As?Emma Goldberg?writes in her?recent article?on?The Australian Financial Review
‘We’re living in the age of Slack Rage’.
'Slack Rage'?is a term coined to describe a reactive outburst via an online workplace communication channel such as Slack, Teams, Trello etc.?It often results in an uncivil exchange of discourse between team members, publicly on display via the channel for the whole team to see.
Our communication has irrevocably changed with technology, increasingly we’re finding ourselves frustrated, stressed and reactive in ways we wouldn’t be if we were sharing an office - we’ve got some room for improvement.
Feeling frustrated by something a team member has said via an online channel happens to many of us, but?let's take ownership for becoming better communicators in the online space.
Here’s my top six considerations for you if you find yourself in a ‘Slack Rage’ with colleagues online.
Remember, even when you’re communicating through a screen, there’s a real living and breathing human being on the other end.
Choose kind connection over slack rage!