Perspectives

Keeping up with Email

Anne Avery explains how she keeps up with a high volume of email. https://vimeo.com/35915814

Booking a Meeting

While I had been using email for quite a while, I had not adopted the use of a shared calendar until somewhere in 2001. I remember very distinctly my first reaction to it when someone looked in my calendar and booked a meeting for me. I was incensed that they would...

Joining a New Organization

Joining a new organization can be a challenging experience. Lea Cameron relates some of her experiences when she started work for McGill University. https://vimeo.com/35915563

Reply All

As bad as the habit of copying everyone is the habit of Replying to All. This is a button that should never have been invented. While it is nice and easy to use, it is almost comical in seeing how people use it. Clearly not thinking, many people fill up others Inboxes...

Management Training

Derek Fisher relates how he learned to be a manager. https://vimeo.com/35915988

CCitis

Thirty years ago, you would not have considered writing a memo and copying your whole team, your boss, and all of your co-workers just so that they could be kept up to date. No, you would have figured out who really needs to see that memo and would have physically...

Core Values

In this blog, Kerri Golden explains how having a well established set of core values can directly impact the bottom line. https://vimeo.com/35912617

Not Responding

If someone walked up to you in the corridor at work and asked you a question, would you ever think of turning away and not answering them, basically ignoring them and their question? If someone phoned you and you picked up the phone to hear their voice, would you ever...

Good Enough, Move On

The expression "Good Enough, Move On" has been adopted as an excellent catch phrase. Michael Caron explains what it means to him in this video blog. https://vimeo.com/35915357