As a team leader, you’ve just received a voice mail message from Tanya Moore, asking to lead next week’s meeting. She’s been with the company for six weeks and with your team for three. From what you’ve already observed, she’s opinionated (a bit of a know-it-all), and she tends to discourage the more reserved team members from speaking up.
You can’t allow her to run next week’s meeting, and without improvement in her attitude toward others, she may never be read to lead. You consider three options for explaining your view of her position: (1) leaving her a friendly voice mail message, (2) meeting with her, or (3) sending her a friendly e-mail message. What should you do?
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The best way is to meet personally with her. That way she can respond to you and you to her in face-to-face communication. You could explain that it's customary for the meeting leader to have more experience with your team.