According to our friends a Basex, this is how knowledge workers spend their workdays: 28% – Unnecessary interruptions and recovery time 25% – Creating Content/ Doing Work 20% – In … Continue reading Information Overload at Work? Statistics You Won’t Believe!
Winter Clear-Out! Is Your Inbox Screaming At You? Bursting At the Seams? Packed Full With Old Emails That Should Be Given The 3 D’s Approach? Do it, Delegate it or … Continue reading Inbox From Hell? Have an Inbox Detox(r) NOW for 2010!
Some email blunders are worse than others. Here are five that can be, shall we say “career limiting.” Forwarding sensitive, privileged, or “trade secret” company information. Yup, you can be … Continue reading Five Email Mistakes to Avoid
We’ve all been on the wrong end of a phone call when the other party was clacking away at his or her computer. Probably doing email, right? Or maybe that … Continue reading Taking a phone call? Close your inbox down.
Dixie disciplines and critiques by e-mail. E-mail is very easily misinterpreted. When you use email to discipline, reprimand, or criticize, chances are that the recipient won’t receive it in the … Continue reading Do you Know this Toxic Emailer? Disciplining Dixie
Are you one of those people who checks his or her inbox – ahem – incessantly? You know, every time you pause from a task. Or every time you hang … Continue reading Incessant Email Checking – Is that YOU? Take this Challenge…
And it ain’t cuz Emily Post wants you to.Businesses will benefit from promoting proper email etiquette for three great reasons. 1. Protection from liability. Here’s the no brainer. Certain rules … Continue reading Three Reasons Businesses Should Promote Proper Email Etiquette
Manny sends e-mails in the middle of the night. Regularly. Have you ever received an email sent at 3:30 am? What did you think of the emailer? Was it positive? … Continue reading Do you know this Toxic Emailer? Midnight Manny
And it ain’t cuz Emily Post wants you to. Businesses will benefit from promoting proper email etiquette for three great reasons. 1. Protection from liability. Here’s the no brainer. Certain … Continue reading Three Reasons Businesses Should Promote Proper Email Etiquette
We can all point to specific times of the day when we’ve had great energy, when we’ve felt sharper, or have been most productive. How many times have you heard … Continue reading Are You Doing Your Email at the RIGHT Time?
When traditional etiquette books were written, email did not exist. The absence of guidelines or rules therefore allowed people to create their own ways of doing things, some of which … Continue reading Email Etiquette: The Best Question to Ask to Determine Whether Emily Post Would Approve
