Thank you is a powerful differentiator!
Expressing gratitude works every single time. Research says “action emails” with a “thank you” in the closing line gets better response.
Emails
Dust If You Must
Found this old gem while clearing photos on my phone …. just so apt for the lockdown situation. Dust if you must, but remember there are many other better things to do. Its also an indirect message to live simpler lives and focus on what’s most important to us. Think of dusting as dealing with … Read more
Batch Processing Groceries
When I worked with Aon Hewitt, I had a team led by Amit Gautam that did “batch processing”. While I understood the work they did, I couldn’t use the concept in my daily life till more recently. For the past three to four months, I have been doing batch processing for replenishing the groceries. Earlier … Read more
Be brief !
Very often when a new leader joins an organization or takes over a new role within the organization, there is a page long email that is circulated about the various achievements that the leader has had. Sometimes when the new leader sends out an all-colleague, all-member email spelling out exactly what they intend to do … Read more
Death by Meetings
Do you have a work day start and finish with nothing accomplished ? I have had many days like that and those days also felt heavy and exhaustive … But nothing much got done. Time went by and several pages of notes went by and still a sense of accomplishment wasn’t there. Those days in … Read more