I have a question about how to separate morning/evening status update calls from the O3. My direct is remote - I work in the US, he works in Korea. We have two update calls daily to discuss work assignments, issue resolution, etc. That works well for us. The O3 is currently scheduled one hour after the daily update, and it's sometimes awkward to call him right back for the O3.
The time difference makes each update call early in the morning and in the evening for both of us. I do the weekly O3 later in the evening (my time) so it's during his normal work day. I'd prefer to keep it that way, as he spends a lot of time away from his family and I don't want to interrupt his evening with the O3.
I want to maintain a separation between the two calls so the O3 is clearly identifiable as a separate conversation, and to give him time to get his team moving on the day's tasks. Does anyone have suggestions how to reduce the awkwardness of having these calls so close together? The only solution I can think of is to schedule it later in my evening, but I'd rather not do that if there's a better solution I haven't thought of.

Back to Back
hi,
"The O3 is currently scheduled one hour after the daily update, and it's sometimes awkward to call him right back for the O3."
I actually schedule them back to back, what this does is allow for me to get time back as the daily update normally doesn't take 30 minutes, so we just role into the o3.
The only thing i'm very concious of is that when we change from daily update to o3 I make it very clear that it is now there time and we're in a new conversation.
Stephen
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o3 is for the direct
Because the o3 is designed for the direct, why don't you ask him what would be best for him?
Thanks for the ideas
Stephen and Technophile, I appreciate your suggestions. It certainly is about the direct, and I have no excuse for not asking for his input. Doing them back-to-back would certainly be easier than calling back, and save both of us some time. It will be interesting to see what he wants to do.
Thanks again for your input.
Steve I
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