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An Executive Coaching, Corporate Communication & Etiquette Blog, by Kathleen Prunty
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Coach Kathleen Prunty
An email thank you note is really not what you think it is. You think you have beaten the crowded job field and have used technology to express your thanks more quickly.
Wrong. You have succeeded in sending a generic thank you to a bulging email address in the hopes of being first and presumably best.
Resist the urge to hit the send button. Send a well thought out thank you note on quality stationery.(I prefer Crane.)
Speed is fine but class and quality showcases so much better in a … hand written thank you note.
Coach Kathleen
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It is not old fashioned to stand up when an elder, a member of the clergy or another person above you in the business hierarchy enters the room you are in. It only seems old fashioned because treating a person with dignity is slipping into extinction.
Don’t wait for a funeral to get a dose of dignity in your work day. Business cultures can be dignified and it starts with you. Just because something is not ordinarily done … doesn’t mean it’s not the right thing for you to do.
Coach Kathleen
In the era of cost cutting and downsizing, one element of business is very affordable. That element is so affordable, in fact that it’s free. It’s politeness … use it liberally.
Coach Kathleen
Executive baby boomers are approaching middle age much differently than executives from earlier generations. Whether it’s getting rid of baggy eyes, cosmetic dentistry or a full blast face lift, boomers are adjusting their outward appearance to match how they feel on the inside.
Good for them. Now, on to the office etiquette. You can never bring up the subject of a persons, face lift, nose job or tummy tuck unless they initiate the subject. In the meanwhile greet them warmly after their “two week vacation” and tell them that they are looking well and that you are glad they are back. Period.
Some things don’t require you to comment on the facts of the matter … face lifts and other plastic surgeries are one of those things.
Coach Kathleen
In business life, whether a birth, death, promotion, marriage or other life changing event, all of these deserve your attention. Even if you do not know the person well or at all, a short note expressing appropriate thoughts for the occasion will long be remembered.
Its free to be nice … and it’s effective.
Coach Kathleen