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5 Etiquette Lessons for the Workplace

On The Job

These are all common etiquette questions that Anna Post, great-great-granddaughter of Emily Post, can answer correctly. Using poor etiquette can severely limit your opportunities," Post says. Some other workplace etiquette dilemmas that Post, as a co-author of "Emily Post's Etiquette, 18th Edition," addresses include these: 1.

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E-mail Etiquette

Laughing all the Way to Work

With the increasing use of email as the first choice for business correspondence it opens a whole new world of dos and don'ts for the assistant.Here are Some Good-Sense Email Etiquette Tips: Email Salutations: Although email is less formal than writing a letter it is still polite to open with a greeting. Jane Watson of J.

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Employee Monitoring: How to (and not to) track employee productivity

BMT Office Administration

Beyond that, droves of companies that were inexperienced with remote work were creating monitoring policies for the first time. An example would be call centers, where employee phone calls and voicemails were recorded and closely monitored to ensure their quality and efficiency. In fact, it would be illegal to do so.

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Answering Reader Mail: Being Terminated (Social Etiquette Part 2)

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Hello Readers - 8 months ago, a reader asked me a question about fraternization and social etiquette at work. Your SVP reports to a President or CEO. Your CEO reports to a Chairman, the board, the owner of the company, shareholders, clients, etc. The link is that original post. Everyone is beholden to someone.

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The E-tiquette of E-mail

Professional Assistant Blog

Here are Some Good-Sense E-mail Etiquette Tips E-mail Salutations: Although e-mail is less formal than writing a letter it is still polite to open with a greeting. Your company may have a policy on how they want you to address people in external business e-mail. Jane Watson of J. Who are you?

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The E-tiquette of E-mail

Laughing all the Way to Work

Here are Some Good-Sense E-mail Etiquette Tips E-mail Salutations: Although e-mail is less formal than writing a letter it is still polite to open with a greeting. Be sure to check your company email policy: Having butterflies flutter across the screen on the opening of the business e-mail may not be the image your company is looking for.

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When you suspect a co-worker has a substance abuse problem.

Laughing all the Way to Work

it requires a firm culture that discusses recovery openly and strongly support it -both in action and written policy. and hopefully, they have supportive procedures and policies in place to help them." This is usually a lot of "talk" in companies.but little real support for it. in my experience. 411 Look Up 411.ca vs. i.e.