Setting your out-of-office message can seem like a niggling detail when you’re about to jump on a plane to see your family/vacation in Cancun/take a sabbatical, but it’s still one to do with care. The last thing you want while sipping a pina colada on a remote island with spotty cell reception is to wonder if you set up your out-of-office message correctly.
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10 Out-of-Office Email Ideas That Make People Smile
The holiday season is that special time of the year when we spread good cheer, gather with loved ones and set up our out-of-office email messages. This year, why not combine all three? Fun out-of-office messages spread good cheer and enable us to enjoy family and friends with fewer distractions. It’s festive multi-tasking!
Continue reading “10 Out-of-Office Email Ideas That Make People Smile”What are the Key Employee Productivity Metrics That Really Matter
It’s no secret that every manager wants their teams to be productive. But, ensuring that your employees stay highly productive may be a challenging task, especially nowadays when millions of employees are working remotely.
Continue reading “What are the Key Employee Productivity Metrics That Really Matter”A Solopreneur’s Top 5 Tips for Time Management During the Holidays
All individuals need to recharge to return to work refreshed–perhaps solopreneurs most of all. To help, here are our five time-management tips to keep your season bright and productive.
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Ding. You’ve got mail. You pause the show you’re streaming–earning boos from your household–and grab your laptop. The offending email didn’t need your immediate attention, but you reflexively snapped into work mode. On a Sunday night. Sounds like you need to set email boundaries.
Continue reading “How to Set Email Boundaries”Best Practices: Email Introductions
Before email, writing a letter of introduction was a fussier affair. It involved nice paper, ink, and delivery by a human being. In various eras and cultures, letters introduced individuals hoping to join polite society, secure employment, or win a thumbs-up from a potential spouse’s parents. Such letters, especially when written by respected mutual acquaintances, opened doors.
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Thank goodness for email. Yes, really. What other means of communicating offers savvy business users as much control of their messages? Telephone calls, Zoom meetings, and face-to-face talks are excellent for real-time, two-way conversations. But email is fundamentally different.
Email is more forgiving. The effectiveness of a live business call relies a lot on an individual’s performance on the call. Did I misstate that fact? Why did I mispronounce her name twice? Was I on mute when I cursed? Email, on the other hand, affords users the time–and breathing room–to construct and deliver pitch-perfect messages.
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