Team Communication
Articles about knowledge sharing, communicating effectively, and avoiding harmful distractions
Avoiding Bad Meetings and What to Do When You’re in One
There are a lot of ways that meetings can go wrong. If you find a meeting is becoming unproductive, take a breath and use these tips to steer your team back onto the right track.
Veronica Stork
November 30, 2021 7 minute read
What to Do When You Have Too Many Meetings
Meetings are essential for enabling collaboration, creativity, and fostering relationships. But having too many meetings kills productivity, drains morale, and generates stress and frustration.
Tanaka Mutakwa
November 16, 2021 6 minute read
5 Types of Meetings Remote Teams Need
For teams making the transition to remote work, one of the biggest challenges is communicating effectively. Meetings are often the main channel for sharing information, but replicating them while remote is hard. These 5 types of meetings are especially important and worth maintaining in order for a remote team to remain effective.
Julie Chipko
November 7, 2021 8 minute read
The Five Agile Meetings Explained
Learn how the five key agile meetings improve collaboration and productivity on your team.
Sabine Wojcieszak
October 27, 2021 10 minute read
Fixing Communication Debt In Remote Work Environments
While communication is critical, without discipline around managing it, team members end up dealing with a constant barrage of notifications and messages. So what can you do to fix it?
Mihir Patel
August 17, 2021 6 minute read
Remote Work Glossary
Use this handy glossary to learn about key remote work terms and their definitions.
Michael Karampalas
February 15, 2021 6 minute read
Remote Team Retros - How to Run Them Effectively
Learn to run an engaging retrospective while working remotely
Michael Karampalas
December 22, 2020 10 minute read
Communication Debt - How and Why to Keep Your Team Out of It
You need to actively manage the barrage of incoming notifications and messages your team receives to keep them happy and focused.
Henry Poydar
April 19, 2021 10 minute read
Transitioning to Remote Work - Tips from Someone Who’s Done It
New to remote work? Find out what to expect and how to make the transition easier.
Michael Karampalas
April 10, 2021 8 minute read
Effective Remote Team Stand-Up Meetings
Learn to run an engaging stand-up meeting while working remotely
March 10, 2021 5 minute read
Announcing: Our New Google Calendar Integration
Use our Google Calendar integration to easily share your meeting activity
Michael Karampalas
October 10, 2021 2 minute read
Use Mood Tracking to Increase Team Empathy
Use Mood Tracking to increase empathy, understanding, and to spark important conversations within your team.
Michael Karampalas
July 16, 2021 2 minute read
Configuring Status Hero for Teams with Large Time Zone Gaps
Configure Status Hero to collect check-ins at the end of the day and send summaries at the beginning of the following day for optimal communication between teams with large time zone gaps.
Michael Karampalas
July 11, 2021 3 minute read
Daily Standups are Broken
The in-person stand-up meeting hasn't kept up with the evolution of how we work. Let's fix that.
Michael Karampalas
February 28, 2021 2 minute read
Communication in High Performing Teams
Strive for a team with a strong foundation of social intelligence and psychological safety. Your team will be more collaborative, open about weaknesses, and will focus on what’s most important for the team, not individual egos.
Michael Karampalas
January 23, 2021 7 minute read
You're Not Communicating Enough with Your Team
It’s your job as manager to share information with your team. If they are kept in the dark, rumors and uneasiness settle in, and that’s on you. Default to over-communication.
Michael Karampalas
July 20, 2021 4 minute read
How to Dial-In a Productive Slack Configuration
We’ve been using Slack for a over a year now at Status Hero HQ. After quite a bit of trial and error, we think we’ve hit upon a setup that favors productivity over distraction. In this post, we’ll show you how to dial-in a productive...
January 15, 2021 7 minute read
Killer Strategies to Improve Team Communication
Wanna knock ‘em dead? Nothing’s more killer than effective communication within your team. Unfortunately, many teams still rely on a combination of largely unproductive (and equally boring) meetings, communicating through cluttered inboxes and chat messages, and praying that everyone is reading each other’s minds. But...
August 10, 2021 7 minute read
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