| Face to face communication is more than just | | | | technology has done wonders for us but raw |
| words these days and is extremely important. | | | | conversations with feeling will develop lasting |
| When meeting in person you are able to pick up | | | | relationships we can trust each other with. |
| on all those non verbals and emotions we | | | | These interactions also allow us to get out of the |
| otherwise would not if we were always | | | | office once in awhile. Quit working through lunch |
| communicating via computer, pda or telephone. | | | | and dial up a friend or colleague whom you've |
| It is getting tougher everyday to meet face to | | | | been meaning to meet with and enjoy a nice |
| face but it is something we as people are going | | | | conversation at a park or over a meal. You will |
| to have to get back into if we are to continue to | | | | both feel better and refreshed afterward. Texting |
| move forward. As leaders we have to make it a | | | | does not count as communicating one on one |
| habit to consistently meet with our peers and | | | | either. |
| staff in person. Thus we are able to get a true | | | | In the last couple of years texting is probably the |
| picture of what we are communicating and if | | | | most responsible for misunderstandings amongst |
| there's a specific item that needs to get worked | | | | people as probably responsible for deals gone |
| out you will feel a whole lot better having done so | | | | badly to souring personal relationships. We really |
| in person. There's nothing worse than ruffling | | | | need to realize that to jump start into having |
| feathers because you communicated via the | | | | productive words once again that they will truly |
| virtual world and did not grasp fully what the | | | | have to be as we stare into each others eyes. |
| other person was trying to say. Modern | | | | |