Every time you download an application to your phone, you are presented with the seemingly benign decision "allow notifications?" Do yourself, your career, and your organization the favor of not allowing frivolous apps to be another workplace distraction.
With back-to-back meetings, conference calls, and ad-hoc "sit downs" with Betty from Accounting, the workplace has enough distractions.
At the end of this series you will have the tools to "control a controllable", and manage the distractions from your smartphone. You are on your own with Betty… :)
If you heed the advice of popular productivity hackers, there are several ways to increase efficiency and effectiveness in your emailing. In this piece, I am going to touch on one facet, possibly the most important thing to consider when you are emailing.
Like almost anything in life, this facet of the email game can boiled down to a variation of the golden rule: "email how you would like to be emailed"
How do you take a successful vacation? Successful for you, your career and your company… If done right a vacation can be beneficial for you, your career, and your company on many fronts!
Are you authentic? Seem to be talking to yourself at points? It takes some serious self reflection to see it but your language may be holding you and your organisation back.
"Nothing gets in the way of doing business more than language that is anything other than conversational" - Granville N. Toogood in "Articulate Executive"
Relationships between Marketing and IT can be challenging and take time to build.
Assimilation into or adaptation of IT principles/processes and vocabulary can help forge a relationship with your IT organisation.
