In Nozbe, we currently have 137 projects that are accessible to me, shared by all 20 of us on the team. Use the new Nozbe for all the projects in the team How can a status update be generated automatically? Well, it can when all the projects are happening transparently inside Nozbe! It’s there generated for me automatically. These days I hardly ever ask anyone for a status update, because I don’t need to ask. The new way of getting the status updates - just get them, don’t ask for them! Both people might have different perspectives. Or they might omit something which to them seemed trivial but to the CEO was key information. Very often the person who’s preparing a status update might not focus on things that the CEO needs to know. Issue 3 - status updates through meetings or email may contain incomplete information or detail which was important! So when the CEO is asking about a status update, they admit that they have no clue what’s going on.Īnd it’s not just the fact of being perceived as a person who is clueless, but just feeling clueless. I know it sounds weird, but people expect the CEO to know. Issue 2 - asking for status updates means you’re admitting you don’t know what’s going on… And potential of irregularity or forgetfulness. Too many meetings and too much email - which basically means that too many people are involved in activities that don’t produce results. Issue 1 - Updates through meetings are expensive These ways of getting status updates is bad on many levels: …and getting status updates the “old way” sucks! regular status reports - if meetings weren’t enough, CEOs would require written reports by their team or project leads, usually by email.meetings with teams - yes, more meetings, now with more people, which limits their ability to do the actual work.regular meetings with direct reports - weekly or monthly meetings with people responsible for things.The old school of status updates…īefore Nozbe the CEOs would get status updates in a number of ways: It concerns all sorts of managers, too, not just CEOs. And they can’t do that if they aren’t aware of the situation in the company. I need to know this stuff.Īfter all, the CEO’s responsibility is to plan ahead and execute on the vision. The CEO as well as any leader needs to know the status of things!Īs a CEO it’s my job to know what’s going on. Example with a screenshot from my actual Nozbe account.What is the new, better way of getting the status updates.Why getting status updates the “old way” sucks!.Check out why I hate asking people for status updates and why the “Activity” view in Nozbe helps me become a better CEO.
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