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3 Simple Steps to Improving Communication Skills

Office Dynamics

You cannot afford to take the critical skill of communication for granted! Three things to consider to improving communication skills in the workplace: What is my goal or motive for communicating with this person now? Remember your goal/motive and your relationship, too! Especially when communicating with co-workers.

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Communication Skills That Have Impact…Choose The Right Medium

Office Dynamics

How are your communication skills? Goal/Motive. Once you determine your goal in communicating, try to answer the following questions. Bonus, Human Moments are a great way to demonstrate and practice your face-to-face communication skills! Because the receiver can’t hear my tone in an e-mail, will she know I’m just joking?

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Your Etiquette Practice Could be Killing Your Productivity

Stephanie LH Calahan

Work With Stephanie « 5 Easy Ways Kick-Start Your Daily Personal Productivity | Main | Grow Your Productivity by Hours a Day » Your Etiquette Practice Could be Killing Your Productivity Today I received a really nice note from one of my contacts, Amy Humphreys, at Illinois State University. 

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A Telephone Etiquette Test

Ian's Messy Desk

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap A Telephone Etiquette Test Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on May 28, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Test you telephone skills with this simple quiz: How quickly should you pick up a ringing phone? Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail.

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10 Ways to Make Remote Hiring a Cake Walk!

Recruit CRM

If you're hiring for a remote position, certain personality traits and skills are more critical now than ever. Read more: A Recruiter's Etiquette Guide to Remote Hiring. Be sure to mention your expectations, including the required skills and traits. Be specific but concise.

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Keeping Virtual Teams Focused In The Pandemic Era

BioTeams

The use of video, avatars and backgrounds can enhance the soft skills element and often break the ice (something that is always needed in physical face to face meetings anyway to create alignment). Nevertheless, keeping some kind of overall purpose context and goal of meeting written down is prudent.

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Executive Assistants Investigate

Office Dynamics

We hold this blog-a-thon each April and the goal is to make assistants aware of the resources available to them and build a community of administrative assistant and executive assistants who want to learn and grow and flourish in their career of choice! Annual Blog-a-thon for Administrative Professionals. Be Resourceful.