Comment Face to Face, written may often offend (Score 1) 115
I write and speak similarly, but it is easy to misinterpret when I am writing to get offended by taking my often blunt way of arguing my ideas without a grain of salt. If they are able to see me and I them (their expressions) both they and I are able to communicate more effectively and avoid situations. To keep face to face meetings on point, hold them standing up and keep them short (figure out how long it will take beforehand and stick to it). Many short meetings are more productive than large long meetings. Unfortunately none of that is available to me these days since I work at home half a world away from the office. I would like the ability to hold videoconferencing calls (at peoples desk similar to using the phone with a camera) but the office is not very advanced. You could easily install a system that allows you to hold and archive video "standup" meetings these days if you want backup. The other alternative is to hold the short meeting, agree on what you can and summarize it in a short email after the fact (since it is just facts of the outcome it is no longer an argumentative situation).