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MAY 28, 2010

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. What information should your voice mail message contain? Don’t sacrifice information for the sake of brevity. Get the information up front.

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Allwork

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

A valid argument to support this view has ensued: workers might be more engaged when their cameras are turned on, as they can see the facial reactions from their peers and managers. Alex Dunham, Managing Director of Ark and Associate Principal at HLW: As a general rule, having cameras on during virtual meetings does improve engagement.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 7, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 7 November, 2009 Too much information. Do you have a question or do you want to pass information along to the person. Does it require any further information or explanation? For example, "Please send me the following information: - A photocopy of Ms. Too much information.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 27, 2012

The results led to our first “ Email etiquette ” story. I hate it when an email has several people in the To: line with a request for information or action in the body, but no clear assignation of the action to a particular individual. Pet peeve: Important information at the bottom of an email. Who’s supposed to do what?”.

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Recruit CRM

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Keeping candidates and clients informed about expectations is an excellent opportunity to engage with them. Invest in a Recruitment CRM Software Any recruiter will know that a Candidate Relationship Management system is the best way to nurture existing relationships with clients and candidates and build new relationships.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 24, 2015

All of April we will be celebrating administrative professionals and giving you: Spot-on information related to the administrative profession. Ideas on how to build better partnerships with your managers. Be sure to mark your calendar for April 1 – 30 and check out our daily informative and fun blogs.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 4, 2014

Remember your etiquette in all settings is vital, even when they are “virtual” settings! Many companies are now sponsoring company-wide intranet sites like Yammer to encourage collaborative work and information exchange among employee groups. I scan the ‘feed’ to learn tips and information on a variety of topics, including tech.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 4, 2014

Remember your etiquette in all settings is vital, even when they are “virtual” settings! Many companies are now sponsoring company-wide intranet sites like Yammer to encourage collaborative work and information exchange among employee groups. I scan the ‘feed’ to learn tips and information on a variety of topics, including tech.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 4, 2014

Remember your etiquette in all settings is vital, even when they are “virtual” settings! Many companies are now sponsoring company-wide intranet sites like Yammer to encourage collaborative work and information exchange among employee groups. I scan the ‘feed’ to learn tips and information on a variety of topics, including tech.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 4, 2014

Remember your etiquette in all settings is vital, even when they are “virtual” settings! Many companies are now sponsoring company-wide intranet sites like Yammer to encourage collaborative work and information exchange among employee groups. I scan the ‘feed’ to learn tips and information on a variety of topics, including tech.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 4, 2014

Remember your etiquette in all settings is vital, even when they are “virtual” settings! Many companies are now sponsoring company-wide intranet sites like Yammer to encourage collaborative work and information exchange among employee groups. I scan the ‘feed’ to learn tips and information on a variety of topics, including tech.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 2, 2015

If you are a manager reading this blog, check off the ones that apply to your administrative partner. Excellent time management skills. Keeps delicate information private. Taking baby steps is a good way to manage a big list of “must get better at” areas. This might give you an idea of areas that need to be developed.

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Recruit CRM

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Read more: A Recruiter's Etiquette Guide to Remote Hiring. An Applicant Tracking System and Candidate Relationship Management (CRM) software can effectively manage your recruitment tasks by automating the most time-consuming tasks. A smooth remote onboarding process requires thorough planning.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 23, 2015

This also ensures that you quickly and effectively manage any potential problems. Should you be formal or informal? managing a difficult situation. Call and speak with the person directly so you can engage even more of your senses in interpreting the message. Even better, go visit the person if you can.) being taken seriously.

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Office Dynamics

MAY 27, 2014

For example, a co-worker’s bereavement; a vendor’s terminal illness; someone’s adoption or job promotion; a billing inquiry; a credit request on your account; inquiring for information on a job posting; and so much more. Could the information I’m communicating be taken as hurtful in any way? What information am I sending?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 4, 2009

.© 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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Success

JULY 20, 2023

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. Try to respond to emails within 24 hours.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 29, 2009

© 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. This is particularly important given the ease in which we can share information on social networking sites. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 22, 2013

Hello Readers - 8 months ago, a reader asked me a question about fraternization and social etiquette at work. In your case, she may have been able to influence the SVP, CEO, HR, or the other assistants because she is in charge of all admin and it’s her duty to manage them. The link is that original post. How well do they listen?

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Service Untitled

APRIL 30, 2009

Think about some of the ways you can share more company information with your employees. Share your short and long term strategies with your employees and let them know what the management team is working on. Share your short and long term strategies with your employees and let them know what the management team is working on.

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 29, 2017

If someone accepts your request, then adhere to polite etiquette and say hello and thanks. Will this inform, educate, inspire or motivate? Be social and engage. It’s not called social media for nothing. Contribute in LinkedIn Groups. Share interesting content and actively contribute to discussions. Always follow the 80/20 rule.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 15, 2012

I should have done more investigating but I feel the person who is the “expert” should offer that information. Or for that article or resource you find to give you the details to make informative decisions. When her executive requested an article from six months prior, she could easily get her hands on the information.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 21, 2016

Its all-in-one planner is the fastest, easiest, and smartest way to manage individual profiles and preferences and create custom end-to-end itineraries. How to segment parts of the trip so you can manage the various aspects more effectively and avoid missing any step. All you need is a new approach! Replay is now available here.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 14, 2009

I have included several of these in my workshops for admins on e-mail etiquette and protocol. Incomplete information. • Too much information. Conveying sensitive or confidential information. Tags: Admin Assistant Training Technology Time Management. Inaccurate or vague subject line. • No specific action step.

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Worxbee

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Sometimes informational meetings are necessary, especially if you expect that people will have a lot of questions. Otherwise, information can often be communicated via email or other channels. In the virtual environment especially, larger meetings can be difficult to manage. How can it be gone through in the most effective way?

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BioTeams

MARCH 11, 2020

Ultimately this leads to effective team communication etiquettes in virtual settings, more of which can be read here. Max Bhanabhai is a bioteaming practitioner, author, strategic innovation and change management consultant. Every enterprise improvement initiative focuses on three dimensions that are people, process and technology.

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Allwork

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

So it’s larger companies, more 100 employees where they’re fitting out and managing that whole space themselves. But this middle ground is, I would say, managed solution that’s somewhere between a traditional office lease and the traditional sort of flex office sector.

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BioTeams

JUNE 30, 2020

Personally, I never logged into Zoom prior to the global pandemic as my user adoption trajectory favours platforms that unify productivity apps within collaboration, communication and project management tools like Slack, Microsoft Teams and JIRA CORE. About Max Bhanabhai. Max collaborates on Bioteams with Ken Thompson (The Bumble Bee).

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BMT Office Administration

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Managers and supervisors kept track of employee performance and productivity by directly monitoring them throughout the workday. This fed the need for new ways to track employee activity, as managers could no longer directly monitor their teams in person. Before the pandemic, only 6% of employees were remote workers.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 3, 2017

Aside from my blogs, we have several guest bloggers providing amazing information! This is important for all assistants, managers and coworkers to remember the administrative profession is a true profession! One of the major ways we do that is to host our annual blog-a-thon whereby we post a blog every work day in the month of April.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 14, 2009

I have included several of these in my workshops for admins on e-mail etiquette and protocol. Incomplete information. • Too much information. Conveying sensitive or confidential information. Inaccurate or vague subject line. • No specific action step. Harsh or demanding tone. Errors and inaccuracies. Excessive volume.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 15, 2009

The space crew had a robot that waved its mechanical arms and yelled, "Warning, Warning, alien approaching" or such other thing to protect and inform the crew. Here is some common-sense etiquette: Screen your calls: Subscribe to call display. However, I think our etiquette hasnt caught up with the technology. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 22, 2016

Self-Management vs. Stress Management and Juggling Work, Home and Your Personal Life. We are sending information about this in an email to everyone who was part of the webinar. Create a Strategic Partnership with Your Leader. Master Exceptional Leadership One BOLD Step at a Time. A public announcement will be made next week. .

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Access , MS-Excel , MS-Outlook , MS-PowerPoint , MS-Word , Productivity Y ou receive an e-mail from your manager. Your manager asks you to create a report of some sort and wants you to send it to a client, but making sure that they cannot manipulate the information.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 25, 2011

Collecting business cards or other forms of contact information is only the first step in networking.  The most effective networkers have a system to manage/organize business cards and their contacts.  From Clutter To Actionable Information. How do you turn them into actionable information?   :-).

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Practically Perfect PA

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

It seemed that being the ‘go to’ person meant I should be up to speed on company policies and procedures, office etiquette and in-house systems as soon as I started. But as diary management can count for a large part of your role – and it was 80% of mine – you have to take matters into your own hands. Don’t doubt your knowledge!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

What is the proper etiquette when addressing or writing to a President? Our role is important to the success of executives and managers everywhere. Here is a video link on the proper etiquette to address a President. Here is a great site for that information. Too much information. Why do we not use their full name?

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