Lorraine K. LeeFounder & CEO at RISE Learning Solutions

Tip of the Day: Create a ReadMe

12 Aug 2022 · 1 min

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In this short video, Lorraine K. Lee advises teams and individuals to create personal READMEs to improve collaboration and transparency in remote or virtual work environments. She defines a README as a document that shares how you work and operate, and outlines key sections to include such as typical working hours, personality traits (introverted/extroverted), feedback preferences, preferred communication channels (Slack, email), and personal likes and dislikes. Lorraine points viewers to her website (lorrainekaylee.com) for example READMEs and encourages subscription to her newsletter for additional quick, actionable career‑acceleration tips in the virtual office.

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Today's tip of the day is all about how to collaborate better with colleagues and increase transparency at your organization, and that is to create a README. And I'm very happy to see that READMEs are becoming more popular. I've been seeing more posts on LinkedIn and more examples. Now, what is a README? A README is a document that shares how you work and how you operate, and it can cover many different things. It can cover your Your typical working hours, maybe parts of your personality. Are you more introverted or extroverted? How you like to give and receive feedback. How you like to communicate. Is it over Slack or email? Your likes and dislikes. This is one that my colleague recently added to her README that I adapted for my own as well, and so much more. Now, if you'd like to see an example of a README, you can check it out on my website here. Just scroll down at the bottom of this page, lorrainekaylee.com. And if you want more quick actionable tips for how to stand out and accelerate your career in the virtual office, you can subscribe to my newsletter here.