Your team wants to hear from you, but they hate 8am meetings. Send high-fidelity video updates that respect their time and build real alignment.
Three steps to replace a meeting.
3-5 minutes max. Recap the wins, own the losses, set the focus for next week.
Post the video link to the #announcements channel or team email list.
Gauge team sentiment and answer questions in the comments (async town hall).
Management is about communication. Video scales your communication bandwidth.
High-level overview of company health shared every Friday afternoon.
Walking the board through the financials <span className="italic">before</span> the meeting starts.
Explaining the 12-month roadmap to the entire engineering org.
Strategy degrades as it passes down the chain of command. Studies show 95% of employees are unaware of or don't understand their company's strategy (Source: Harvard Business Review).
Your exact words, tone, and emphasis reach every single employee, unaltered. No filtering by middle management.
A permanent record that anyone can reference later to clarify ambiguity. The video never forgets what you really said.
Middle managers focus on execution, not translating your strategy. Remove the "translator tax" from your org chart.
In remote organizations, management often feels invisible. Employees wonder "What are they actually doing?"
Video solves this presence paradox. When your team sees your face and hears your voice regularly-even asynchronously-they feel connected to leadership. It humanizes the C-suite.
Everything you need to know about switching workflows.
