article thumbnail

Ep 247: Email Management for Executive Assistants

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

In this chapter, I cover tactics for managing your own email inbox, as well as your executive’s. Of course, I’d love to hear your email tips and tricks as I’m always down to get more efficient and productive, so please reach out! LEADERSHIP QUOTE Email is the gateway drug of work; Slack is the crack.

Email 66
article thumbnail

On Performance Reviews, Mindfulness and Redefining What It Means to ‘Make It’

Success

having already walked four miles with our son in the stroller, having shared a coffee and a chocolate chip scone, having imagined what it would be like to live in that house or maybe even that house over there , when I opened my phone to see a work email with a subject line: “Your Review Is Now Available.”. Who wants a BANANA?”

2020 268
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Haunted By Silence: How Job Seekers Can Avoid Being Ghosted

Allwork

In-person interviews are considered the most frightening (57%), followed by video interviews (29%) and phone interviews (14%), possibly due to changes in work environments post-pandemic. Follow Up Promptly: Send a thank-you email within 24 hours of the interview.

article thumbnail

Workplace Communication Etiquette: Best Practices for Response Times and Setting Boundaries

Success

Do you have to respond to an email within a certain number of hours? She often feels the need to immediately respond to emails. “I Try to respond to emails within 24 hours. Pick up the phone in lieu of an email if the tone or subject matter could be misinterpreted. IM (Microsoft Teams, Slack, Skype, etc.)

Etiquette 244
article thumbnail

A look back at The Stoddart Review: the once and future guide to workplace productivity?

Workplace Insight

The Stoddart Review , published in 2016, was one of the most significant reports of recent years to explore the role of the workplace for employee productivity in extensive detail and why the office environment was key for productivity purposes. The Stoddart Review provided a great analogy for this.

2016 59
article thumbnail

How Using a Time Management Matrix Can Increase Your Productivity

Success

Answering a phone or responding to emails can often feel urgent, but they may distract you from the deeper work you want or need to do. Review the tasks on your to-do list, consider whether they’re urgent or important and add them to the appropriate box. Urgent tasks need to be done as soon as possible.

article thumbnail

What Do You Need? Lauren Wesley Wilson’s Playbook for Unspoken Workplace Rules

Success

Wilson was motivated to write her book—which covers everything from advice on making personal connections (always email, and keep it short and sweet) to avoiding people-pleasing—because she wants to address the unspoken rules in the workplace we often break simply because we don’t know them. “I

Mentoring 173