How do I get multiple people to collaborate on a document without risking losing anyoneâs contributions? … One person has made a copy and edited that instead of working on the document I shared with everyone. How do I merge their changes?
Emotions are a strange beast, and they are hard to control because they are not logical. Here are some tips to help you regain your control in a stressful work situation.
For your most important emails, make your first sentence a real grabber … About to lose some kind of benefit, or donât think you meet its conditions? … Cell phone running low in a possible emergency situation? … A lesson from Meryl Streep … Skipping shampoo/cultivating conditioner … Are you safe from the pinball menace?
Replying to email with a message such as “Sounds good,” assumes the sender remembers what it references. And copying the original message is tedious. Instead, put your reply in context. Example: “Sounds good. I’ll put our lunch together Tuesday on my calendar.”
âI wonât call you on your day off.â Have you ever fed an employee this line? And did it, at some point, prove to be a bit of a lie? Writer Jason Notte identifies some more frequently-heard managerial fibs for Cheapism. Here are a few to watch yourself for.
Having trouble keeping organized and remembering what to do when, or if youâve even done it all? Donât rely on digital reminders or processes to cue your memory. Physical objects like printouts, Post-its, a planner book, or a personal bulletin board are better and more assuring memory aids because they’re tangible things you can touch […]
Sooner or later, youâll need to circulate a request asking employees to chip in for a gift for a retiring employee, or to kitty up some money for a sympathy offering for a teammate reeling from a loss. But you know how employees dislike being told how much they should kick in. Besides, many people […]