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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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Cubicle Etiquette 101

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise Cubicle Etiquette 101 By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 01, 2007 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity D o you find that your colleagues are hovering around you when youre on the phone? In the mean time Im going to discretely tape up a copy of your etiquette rules somewhere public.

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6 Communication Tips for Executives and their Virtual Executive Assistants

Worxbee

If not managed effectively, the virtual environment can be prone to miscommunication. Project management tools (including the ability to leave notes and assign tasks). It’s not generally good etiquette to try calling in without a booked meeting. Your first step is to agree on what those channels should be. Email messaging.

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

Success

Holding doors, saying “please” and “thank you” and practicing good table manners—most of us are well versed in these common social etiquette behaviors. But as technology and work arrangements evolve, the rules governing workplace communication etiquette may need to do the same. IM (Microsoft Teams, Slack, Skype, etc.)

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Confessions of a Micro-Manager

Laughing all the Way to Work

.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 4 October, 2009 Confessions of a Micro-Manager Who would want to work for a micro-manager? Here are some reasons I think managers can get possessive: Im not sure I can trust you. A manager has to have confidence that you know how to do your job. I never wanted to be a manager.

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E-mail Blunders Cost Approx. $450,000 a Year

Office Dynamics

I have included several of these in my workshops for admins on e-mail etiquette and protocol. Breaking privacy guidelines and crossing ethical boundaries. Tags: Admin Assistant Training Technology Time Management. I’m sure you can relate to many of the ones they sited. Inaccurate or vague subject line. • No specific action step.

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Managing your Boss's Inbox

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 29 August, 2009 Managing your Bosss Inbox Nowadays our bosses are busy almost 24/7 and in order to cope they need our help managing their e-mail account. Your role may be just to unclutter their Inbox so they can better manage the important items. Lets enjoy our day together.©