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5 Things You Should Stop Doing in Emails

Things You Should Stop Doing in Emails

Despite all of the modes of communication available to us today, email remains the business communication of choice. It’s a convenient way to send a message to another country, a client, or the guy in the cubicle next to you.

We get so many emails and have so many more responsibilities that we get lazy. In an effort to just get through all of our emails, we forget that the other person may not know what we are talking about. We shoot out an email to dump the ball in someone else’s court, forgetting that they don’t have the same background and context.

Many of us have developed bad email habits. Everyone would be more productive in email if we just quit doing some of these nasty practices.
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Respect in the Workplace

I once knew a woman who was in a bad relationship. I never met her significant other, but she made random comments about how poorly he treated her. The interesting – and significant – thing was that she didn’t make these comments to complain about his behavior. They were stated in a matter-of-fact manner that […] Continue reading →

How Not to Respond by Email

It happens on a frequent basis for some. Someone sends you a scolding email pointing out something that you did wrong. Or someone embarrasses you in front of a group of your peers. Whatever the situation, you get wronged by someone at work. It could be a peer, a supervisor or a customer. Maybe the […] Continue reading →

Respect in the Workplace

I once knew a woman who was in a bad relationship. I never met her significant other, but she made random comments about how he treated her. The interesting – and significant – thing was that she didn’t make these comments to complain about his behavior. They were stated in a matter-of-fact manner that indicated […] Continue reading →

10,000 Hours for Success

Malcom Gladwell made the concept of 10,000 hours famous in his book Outliers. In his best-selling book, he discusses how successful people such as The Beatles and Bill Gates became seemingly overnight sensations. But in reality, they became outliers through lots of practice – 10,000 hours of practice. Bill Gates had been writing code for […] Continue reading →

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I was hoping to be informed by reading The Reluctant Mentor; but, it was a nice surprise to also be entertained.

The book is a gentle narrative, weaving a story that will engage even the most reticent reader. This is an optimistic and inspiring story for GenX, Millennial & Boomers. I am a Boomer and the book gave me courage to explore some social media for my business that I had been hesitant to try.

If the reader has a need for more concrete information following the case study, the Epilogue interprets the narrated lessons in the book. I plan to recommend the book to organizations I work with.

By judycantwell

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In creating and analyzing a fictional company, Stewart Bicycle Manufacturing, the reader is taken through an evolution of employer-employee relations with real life work situations between the older and more experienced executive, the mid-level managers and the up and coming younger employee. Told in the setting of a "story", the reader gains very eye-opening insight into the generational differences of the company.What I particularly liked is gaining insight into the reasons for their miscommunications and how they eventually mentored through these. There were some real eye-openers and true "ah-ha" moments of recognition for this Generation X reader. I highly recommend anyone working in a multi-generational company or organization to read this. Invaluable people-intel here!

By cbrookewilliams (Berlin, Germany)