The power of an A-List
It’s performance review you time. You sit down at your computer, open up the form, and start rating yourself on various aspects of your job. But, suddenly, you’re blank. You can’t think of specific examples to support your claim of excellence. You rack your brain. Flip through your calendar to review past appointments and meetings. [...]
How to create a winning proposal
Whether you’re writing a proposal for one of your ideas at work or a more formal proposal to gain business, you should consider the overall look, writing style, and requirements as you begin the project.
The following guide will help you in all aspects of creating a stellar proposal.
Section 1: The Basics
If you’re writing [...]
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How to write the perfect email
This post was inspired by Kate Hutchinson’s comment regarding email etiquette. Thanks, Kate!
Most of us write emails everyday on our job. So, why don’t we put the same care into our emails as our other communications? I contend that we should, and below I share some guidelines on writing an excellent email.
Before I go further, [...]
Tips to make your writing more readable
Think about how much you write in one day. In just emails alone, I could fill books. I bet you could, too.
Now, I’m no grammar queen - not by a long shot. But, there are simple things we can do to make our writing (even our emails) more readable.
Do:
Use headings to break up your writing.
Bold [...]
Ideas Part 3: Presenting your idea so it doesn’t die
So, you’ve come up with a great idea to improve business? Your first instinct is to run right in and tell your boss, right? Not so fast.
Like anything else, before you present, you should know your audience. While working at my first job, I came up with a great idea for our company website. Since [...]
Six tips for a successful meeting
Follow these simple tips and people may actually want to attend your meetings:
1. Create an agenda and stick to it.
Your attendees will appreciate being able to follow along with your agenda. They’ll know what to expect from the meeting and they’ll also know what’s not appropriate to discuss at the meeting, helping to keep things [...]
Accountability, what’s that?
Have you ever a made a mistake at work?
Of course you have. Everyone has. Whether it’s as insignificant as a misspelled word in an email to a big blotch on a report, mistakes happen.
There are three things you should do after a mistake:
1. Admit it.
Even if you just admit it to yourself and don’t tell [...]
After the beep: Stop, complete, repeat
What the heck did she say?
Leaving a decent phone message seems like it would be a no-brainer, right? Unfortunately, not always. All too often Mr. Mumbles, Ms. Fast-Talker, and Mrs. Nocontactinfo leave messages.
Here are some phone “dos”:
Slow [...]
