Because of this line of reasoning, managers or technical leads sometimes over-correct and attempt to maximize efficiency by staffing single-person projects to reduce the communication overhead down to zero.

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Once you establish communication with that person, make yourself available to answer their questions about the industry and be a source for them.

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But Dr Panja admits that while it can be seen as being a barrier to communication, some patients like to see the person treating them in a white coat.

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Body language was the basis for our earliest form of communication when the split-second ability to recognize if a person or situation was benign or dangerous was often a matter of life or death.

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