Straight to it: no one has thrown a fit, reported another to HR, quit the project or held someone by knife point because they were given a reminder by someone who cares. (Read: the reminder being intentionally positive.)
And now thanks to chatgpt, you can ask it to come up with 100 more caring or fun ways to say “Friendly reminder, I need your feedback on this by Tuesday EOD.”
Or better yet, train it up on the type of personality of the person you’re needing to give a reminder to and then ask it.
What you’ll find is it might not be them that’s the problem and who need a reminder, but you on how you’ve communicated so far.
You win either way when you lean in.
Stay Positive & They Win, Too
Garth Beyer is a Certified Cicerone®, Product Marketer, owner of Garth's Brew Bar and a Madison-based freelance writer.
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