How much communication is enough to keep your team members be emotionally stable and don’t become emotionally anxious?

For me the answer is: “It’s never enough!”

The reason why human is human, simply put, is because we have emotion. And because we have emotion, working together, no matter in what professional field, means communicating with each other. If information flow is streamlined, everyone is happy. Team members know their purposes, what others are doing and the value of each one’s work. If information flow is stuck, everyone becomes worried. “Why am I here?” “Why the others seem to work less than me?” “Why am I getting paid the same as them?” are possible questions that would come up times after time.

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In the past I’ve made mistakes in communication, hence I’ve lost valuable members. I didn’t tell them enough about my expectation, about the business situation, what I were contributing for the whole success and such. I was easily angered by what would be understandable unexpected errors. As a result, they became anxious and somewhat under-motivated to carry on. I’ve learned my lesson, and I’m trying my best to make change in our team’s communication.

As a team leader, I want to be open and share my status through any mean possible (including Twitter, Facebook and Blog). Except for confidential & sensitive information, I want everyone in my team to know where I am, how is my condition what I’m doing, thinking and playing. By sharing, I want everyone in the team to know and understand that I am committed to this ultimate goal: to bring wealth (either in knowledge, money or fame) to every team member.

As a team member, I want to know my other team mates’ statuses and thinking. The more information they share with me, the better our understanding would be. So if you are working or going to work with me, I expect you to be as open to me and others as I am open to you.