Improve communication with excellent email etiquette
Here are eight ways to step up your email game and inspire those around you to do the same.
Category: People Skills
4 motivation techniques to keep your team interested
Motivation is a somewhat tricky concept. Different factors drive each individual. Here, we look at a range of employee motivation strategies that encourage employee engagement, hard work and job satisfaction.
Make showing appreciation part of your company culture
People like to be noticed and appreciated. Employees receive an immediate motivational boost when a manager or fellow team member offers positive feedback, a compliment or words of thanks. Build a company culture where leaders and staff members alike recognize the talents and efforts of others frequently and genuinely.
Teach these 5 business etiquette musts to your team
Forty-five percent of participants in a recent ResumeBuilder.com survey of more than 1,500 business leaders said their company currently offers etiquette training. An additional 20 percent said their company plans to offer etiquette training in the future. What topics might be beneficial to cover? Here are a few to consider.
How an admin can achieve email ‘netiquette champion’ status
As an admin, your politeness and clarity in email and business communication is not just a reflection of your professionalism. Failure to express yourself properly can lead to legal vulnerabilities for you and your employer.
How to handle those ‘hard-to-handle’ people
We all encounter difficult people in the workplace—supervisors, co-workers, customers and others. For some of us, not a week goes by without frustrating encounters with negative or self-centered people, complainers, control freaks, meanies or micromanagers. Coping with difficult encounters can pose a real challenge.
So you’re getting a summer intern
Will your office welcome one or more interns to the workplace this summer? For the admin, that may mean extra work or much-needed support, or both.
4 tips to resolve conflicts
It’s inevitable that disputes will arise between team members, and the onus is on all of us to resolve them. Luckily, conflict resolution is a skill that you can improve, which will make dealing with disputes far easier.
7 tips for crafting just the right business email
Are you crafting an email that is riddled with errors in spelling or word usage? Does your message appear to malign a customer or bully a colleague? Are you sending it to the correct recipients? Does any extra content distract from the main point of the email? Here is a checklist to keep in mind to ensure that you’re hitting the right chord.
Always an admin but now also a manager?
As many as one-third of executive and administrative assistants are supervisors of other employees at their companies. Whether you have recently been promoted to a managerial position or aspire to one someday, there are vital areas to devote yourself to continuing education.