What not to say at work
Strong communication skills are a must for anyone in the workforce today, and there are some things that simply should never come out of your mouth, says Roxana Hewertson, CEO of Highland Consulting Group.
Category: Communication
Can you make tweets about a boring business interesting?
Twitter is a popular and important marketing tool these days. It’s easy to come up with interesting tweets for a fun brand that sells something people love, but what do you tweet to bring people’s attention to a relatively boring product or service?
Social media eroding workplace privacy?
AVG Technologies Digital Diaries project looks at how social networks affect people’s work lives. A study released as part of the project included 4,000 people in 10 countries and found that more than half felt that workplace privacy has decreased with the proliferation of social media networks.
Share bad news with your boss
You can reveal your true leadership potential when you use the DARN process to share bad news with your boss: Disclosure. Tell your boss the full details, explaining the situation and the circumstances leading up to it. Example: “We missed the cutoff date to file the extension because we hadn’t gathered all the data. We […]
50 verbs to spice up your writing
If you find yourself repeating the same words over and over when you take minutes, Executive Assistant Nickey Christmas, who blogs all things PA, EA and VA related on her Practically Perfect PA blog, offers a good list of verbs “that you can slot into the minutes as and when you need them.”
Texting is the new email: business tips
Now that everyone is spending more time texting, a few rules of the road might be in order. Geoffrey James, writing in the Sales Source column for Inc., has come up with his unwritten rules for business texting.
Speak like you mean business
When you talk, do people listen? Sure they do, but are they hearing your great ideas, or are they distracted by your personal speech patterns? Take a few minutes to conduct a quick speech audit.
The magic of destructible email
People often forget that email messages last forever and can be forwarded to any number of people. There are services, though, that allow you to send a message with a limited lifespan, which come in handy when you have sensitive messages that you don’t want shared.
How to give feedback to the boss
While it could be bad for your career to point out every misstep your boss makes, you’re more likely to get a boost if you can kindly communicate constructive criticism when he really needs it, says writer and entrepreneur Jennifer Winter. She offers three tips to help you make sure any feedback you offer your boss is both diplomatic and productive.
Can you decode these terms?
FYI, the CEO wants the HR and IT reports ASAP. We rely on thousands of acronyms and initialisms, and in many cases, one set of letters can have a wide variety of meanings. Here’s a test of some of the most common office terms.