Define: "Just checking in" in Business
Multi-headcount capital waste
"Set your Slack status to 'In a focus block' and ignore them until you actually have the deliverableDeliverableThe PowerPoint deck we will present to prove we actually did work this week.. Never reward impatience with an instant reply."
A routine follow-up communication designed to monitor the status of an ongoing project or task.
What does "Just checking in" actually mean?
"I do not trust you to do your job, so I am going to interrupt your workflow to ask why the workflow isn't finished."
"I am just checking in to see if we have an updated timeline for the server migration."
"He's just checking in for the third time today, completely oblivious that answering him is delaying the cutover."
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18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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