Write a "How I Work" Document and Share It with Your New Team

New colleagues spend months guessing your preferences through trial and error — when you like feedback, how you handle deadlines, whether you prefer messages or meetings. A short written page skips that guessing entirely. One page about how you work saves months of mutual misreading.

Cover your working hours, communication style, how you like to receive feedback, and what stresses you out. Share it in your first week and ask new teammates for theirs in return. It turns an awkward adjustment period into a fast, deliberate one.