Speed-dating can make your whole team more effective at work.

Naturally, it's a special kind of speed dating - using the key words 'needs' and 'get'.

How to speed-date other teams

First, make a list of all the departments you work with or provide information to.

Then create a table to capture your information. You are going to talk to all the departments you overlap with and in each case, you ask ‘what do you need from us that you don’t get?’ and ‘what do you get from us that you don’t need?’.

Speed-dating can improve the way you work with other teams

The answers may surprise you.

I guarantee you will find new ways to improve communication, streamline administrative processes and boost productivity and awareness across the organisation just by having these simple conversations.

It’s called speed-dating for a reason

Time it and make each encounter no more than five minutes for each speaker. That ensures you get to the heart of the matter quickly and don’t waste time.

You can always arrange another date to cover off the detail.

Date your way to success!

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