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The 3-Sentence Email Guaranteed to Get a Response

Success

Of course, do this in a non-overt way. If your real goal is a phone call, don’t ask, “Could we have a phone call some time?” a good time for me to call your office for a quick 8-minute chat?”. The goal of your subject line is to: Stay out of spam folders. Make it clear you are a peer who brings value to the table.

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Instilling company culture across geographic divides

Workplace Insight

Due to the wide breadth of employees in large global companies, everything from time zones and language barriers to country culture and local business norms can create sticking points. Of course, there are non-negotiables of culture that also require nuanced understanding.

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Frugal Ways to Improve Remote Team’s Productivity

Productivity Bits

Those kinds of team members never see each other face to face, and sometimes even work in different time zones, which obviously means that it’s that much harder to stay in sync. Now, there are times when distance between teams is something that can’t be avoided. You can find all sorts of apps created just for that.

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The Ultimate Executive Assistant Toolbox

Worxbee

The automated scheduling tool syncs automatically with calendar apps, including accounting for time zones - and that’s just one of the key features. You need to rally people and help motivate them toward the company’s goals. Cabinet - Cabinet is described as an “all-in-one” tool for assistants, and it sure plays that role!

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Is it that time of the year already?

Laughing all the Way to Work

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 13 January, 2009 Is it that time of the year already? One of the hardest questions for me on my performance appraisal is the one about my goals.

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Training On-line

Laughing all the Way to Work

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets The good thing about on-line courses, is anyone can do it from anywhere. When it gets closer to the course date and it doesnt look like they will fill the seats, they offer the course at a cheaper price.

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From the archive: The role of workplace design in employee engagement

Workplace Insight

To avoid this, the IT strategy needs to be aligned with their workplace goals to succeed in building a more engaged culture. The Steelcase study highlights how many employees are still working in a traditional way, with a fixed PC and telephone, thereby restricting them to working at their desks.