Using AI for Email Can Save You Time
Have you ever spent a long time crafting an email? For example: You received an email from a client who was pretty much chastising you for taking a couple of hours to get back to him. You knew what you wanted to say to him – but you’d get fired for doing that. Instead, you…
Read MoreTips for Outlook Email and Tasks
One of my clients recently attended a webinar on how to utilize Outlook Email and Tasks more efficiently. It wasn’t a deep dive, and it wasn’t recorded, so my client had a lot of questions. Here’s a round-up of tips related to his questions about Outlook email, tasks and calendar: *Outlook default: open first to…
Read MoreEmail Best Practices at Work
Outside of picking up the phone and calling someone in order to prevent a lengthy, time-consuming email thread, the subject line and the format of the body are the fundamental keys to immediately improving email efficiency. Subject Line State the purpose, content and any deadline for action or response. It should be clear to the…
Read MoreTime Management – How to Respond to Email
For many years now I’ve been a proud part of the “Meet the Pros” team in a seasonal series of organization magazines from Better Homes & Gardens. The process usually starts with a longer interview session and wraps up with several follow up questions by email or phone. During our most recent round, I received…
Read MoreHow to Recover from an Email Crash
Have you ever experienced an email outage? Whether your business lives and dies by electronic communication, or you’re retired but enjoy your connection to the outside world through email, experiencing an email crash is no picnic. This was the case for me starting on January 30th. For three days, I could send out emails, but…
Read MoreHow to Create a Professional Email Signature Template
A professional email signature template might sound like a low priority in the grand scheme of things and really just some silly work minutiae, but having the proper information in your email signature can end up saving time. While recently providing time management training for a company, I was in contact with many employees in…
Read MoreBusiness email management – Tame your flooded inbox for better time management
Sometimes it takes folks a little while to learn business email management and keep up with incoming emails. Until that happens, the emails can pile up. So, what should you do if your inbox is overloaded?
Read MoreBusiness email management – how to increase productivity
What’s the best way to improve your business email management? Have you ever looked at the clock and realized that you just spent the last two hours swimming around in your email inbox? Sure, you answered every email as it came in. But did you finish any high value tasks or projects? Ernest Hemingway once…
Read More#Productivity Tip – What are your boundaries with your mobile devices?
Have you ever… And then, every once in a while you… And… Have you ever not finished a sentence or a thought because you stopped to check your mobile device when it rang, buzzed, beeped or vibrated at you? Here’s another tip for Your Time Management Revolution:
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