How to Work with Katharine Ruoxi

Introduction

Welcome! This page is designed to help you understand my preferred working style, ensuring our collaboration is smooth and effective.

Communication Style

Preferred Tools: Use Slack for business and instant messaging; email for formal or long communications.

Meetings: Schedule Zoom meetings; avoid unscheduled phone calls—please schedule them in advance.

Updates: Provide updates before each milestone deadline and give immediate notice if deadlines need to be adjusted.

Decision-Making

Team Discussions: Prefer to discuss with the team before making decisions.

Commitment: Once a decision is made, everyone must commit to it, whether they agree or disagree.

Work Environment

Location: Enjoys working from home and in modern open spaces like WeWork.

Focus Time: Prefers quiet, personal space for deep focus work.

Time Management

Prioritization: Tasks and deadlines are prioritized based on impact and effort.

Productivity: Focuses on work in the mornings; reserves afternoons for meetings and creative tasks.

Team Dynamics

Values: Emphasizes transparency, professionalism, respect, collaboration, support, and accountability.

Diversity: Encourages diverse thoughts and unified commitment.

Support and Feedback

Leadership Style: Actively supports team members, addresses feedback, and removes obstacles.

Problem-Solving

Approach: Understands the big picture, collects information, provides options with pros and cons, and makes suggestions.

Delegation: Prefers to delegate tasks, allowing task owners to make final decisions.

View on Hierarchies

Transparency: Emphasizes transparency and minimizes hierarchies.

Context Sensitivity

Flexibility: Comfortable with both high and low context situations, sensitive to context.

Collectivism vs. Individualism

Balance: Strives for a balance between team harmony and encouraging individual superstars.

Task vs. Relationship Building

Balance: Balances task completion with relationship building, prioritizing tasks first.

Argumentation and Reasoning

Storytelling: Prefers storytelling and emotional conviction but values efficient argumentation when necessary.