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If Sending Christmas Cards Feels Like a Chore, Here’s How to Politely Opt Out

Success

Finding new rituals If holiday cards aren’t your thing, rest assured that you’re not breaking any etiquette rules. Cards are a tradition, but they’re not a mandate,” says Kristi Spencer, a Missouri-based etiquette coach and founder of The Polite Company. I actually had several people write and say, ‘Where’s the family photo?’”

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6 Communication Tips for Executives and their Virtual Executive Assistants

Worxbee

Email messaging. Any more detailed messages that require a lot of background context or a lot of different to-dos go via email. Some clients set up their own system for subject lines too, so that people are clear when an email needs them to take action. Is it via email? For example: Chat communication tools.

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Answering Reader Mail: Being Terminated (Social Etiquette Part 2)

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Hello Readers - 8 months ago, a reader asked me a question about fraternization and social etiquette at work. I was so excited to see your email and as I read it, I thought it would eventually end on a high note. I will definitely answer your question. The link is that original post.

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Employee Monitoring: How to (and not to) track employee productivity

BMT Office Administration

Post-COVID-19, many employee tracking software programs started popping up, allowing companies to track employee productivity , computer activity, emails, and even individual keystrokes. Screen sharing of an employee’s computer will update managers on an employee’s progress on tasks, emails, and other workflows. How is that?

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On E-mail Blackouts.

Professional Assistant Blog

Hopefully, not too many of you were affected by the email system outages yesterday. In this case, commercial email services were affected, but the next time it could be your server at work. In this case, commercial email services were affected, but the next time it could be your server at work. Thanks again for the comment.

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Warning! Warning! Incoming text message.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Other times we will be talking and I notice his eyes moving to his BlackBerry and I will see he is no longer paying attention to me, but reading emails instead. Here is some common-sense etiquette: Screen your calls: Subscribe to call display. There is a good purpose for them and they are definitely useful in a business setting.

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Tired of Sending Recurring E-mails?

Professional Assistant Blog

I always find myself sending pretty much the same emails. If the e-mails are quite lengthy, this can definitely help. Post from: Administrative Assistant 2comments for this post Jenna Thats actually really helpful! I figured there must be an efficient way to do that. Thanks for the great tips!