Leadership Tips
Printer-friendly VersionStart Your Meetings On Time
Eliminate latecomers to your meetings with one simple rule: The last person in the door takes the notes. That solves the dual problem of people arriving late and asking “What did I miss?”
--Source: Communication Briefings, January 2012. Adapted from ”Need Help Starting Your Meeting on Time? Try ‘Pass the Pad,’” Jon Petz, Boring Meetings Suck.
Eliminate latecomers to your meetings with one simple rule: The last person in the door takes the notes. That solves the dual problem of people arriving late and asking “What did I miss?”
--Source: Communication Briefings, January 2012. Adapted from ”Need Help Starting Your Meeting on Time? Try ‘Pass the Pad,’” Jon Petz, Boring Meetings Suck.
Limit Responses
Reduce the amount of time you spend replying to email. Adopt these habits:
Reduce the amount of time you spend replying to email. Adopt these habits:
- Don’t reply to FYI or CC emails, unless you have something valuable to say.
- Call instead of write, when it would take longer to convey your thoughts well in writing or you need to have a dialogue with the other person.
- Delegate responding if someone else is better-suited to handle the message.
- Add “No reply necessary” to the subject line when you send a message. For close colleagues you can adopt the code “NRN.”
Decode Texts
If the texts and instant messages coming to you look like a foreign language, learn from this list:
If the texts and instant messages coming to you look like a foreign language, learn from this list:
- k – can mean “OK” or simply acknowledge receipt of your message.
- idk – stands for “I don’t know.”
- idc – means “I don’t care.”
- wbu – is asking for your opinion: “What about you?”
- hmu – tells you to contact the other person: “Hit me up.”
- props – expresses respect or recognition for what someone has done.
- wdymbt – will be handy if you still don’t understand the message. It is for “What do you mean by that?”