Try the “Buy Some Time” Reply Strategy
April 5, 2011 by Kristin Lowe
A common challenge for people who are trying to stop spending every working minute in the email Inbox is wondering, “How can I be responsive without reacting immediately every time someone sends me an email?” This is a great question. As professionals, we do want people to know we care about their needs and requests, [...]
Simple Email Management
June 19, 2010 by Kristin
Lifehacker founder Gina Trapani gives a straightforward explanation of email action folders and how to deal with the backlog:
Are you really going to answer that email from last summer?
February 1, 2010 by admin
For those of you applying the Quick and Dirty Organising Process to your email as explained here, you’ll enjoy this related guest post from our friend Richard Carrey at Technology Support. If you need any help with this, please do get in touch with Technology Support.
Is your inbox full of email you might need but haven’t had time to think about or file away? Is it all jumbled up with mail you definitely don’t need, but you don’t have the time or energy to sift the wheat from the chaff?
Quick and Dirty Organising for the New Year (Part 1)
January 1, 2010 by Kristin
If getting organised is one of your resolutions, don’t get started without a reliable process. Without making a systematic change, you may well end up going in circles – or even backwards. Then you’ll feel rotten, and we don’t want that.
I know you don’t have a lot of time, so here’s a quick and dirty (but solid) process to help you tackle the clutter in your life, whether it’s electronic, physical or mental.
HR Buzz: SCMP Job Coach Articles
June 3, 2009 by Kristin
The South China Morning Post recently ran a series of my articles in the Job Coach section.
Thanks muchly to the editor for inviting me to contribute to the column!
