I decided to revisit a post I made 6 years ago about Email Etiquette. While many of the basics remain the same, I have some suggestions for these challenging times.

  •  Write in a positive tone. Avoid negative words and blaming statements as much as possible and above all, be emphatetic.
  • Allow more lead to time follow-up on emails 
  • Include the action you require of the recipient in the email subject line. For example, “Response required or FYI only’
  • Think about what you’re writing before you hit the ‘send’ button.
  • Read your message twice and see if the email makes sense. Calm down before responding to a message that offends you.
  • Use capital letters sparingly, if at all, because ‘tone’ can’t also be detected in an email.
  • Just because you think something’s important, doesn’t necessarily mean that your email has the same sense of urgency for the person you’re emailing.
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