The Broadcaster
Wide cc lines and open threads. You value transparency, and nobody can say they weren’t told. Messages that don’t concern someone still cost them attention.
Save your quiz results, ask your team what they see, and build a Traction Shift.
Five habits to watch
What a Broadcaster tends to do, and what it costs the people around you.
You copy the whole team when one or two need to act
Your team feels: Everyone reads it and nobody knows if it is theirs
You reply-all when the answer is for one person
Your team feels: A dozen people get pulled into a two-person conversation
You share problems with people who cannot fix them
Your team feels: They worry about things outside their control
You cc people “just to keep them in the loop”
Your team feels: They agonize over whether they are expected to reply
You send updates to large lists instead of the right few
Your team feels: Important messages get lost in the noise
How it shows up
- Copies the whole team when one or two need to act
- Replies all by default
- Shares problems with people who cannot fix them
When you shift, your team gets
- ✓ Mail that is actually for them
- ✓ Fewer threads to follow
- ✓ Focus on what they can control