{"id":544,"date":"2020-02-28T16:49:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T16:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/?p=544"},"modified":"2020-02-28T16:49:12","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T16:49:12","slug":"consulting-101-email-etiquette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/28\/consulting-101-email-etiquette\/","title":{"rendered":"Consulting 101 – Email Etiquette"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Email Etiquette<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Outside of direct conversation, your primary means of communication\nis going to be via digital email. When writing emails, be sure to be clear and\nconcise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Reread your email before sending it. Always check\nfor spelling and grammatical errors. <\/li>
  2. If you are sending the email with an attachment,\ndouble check you actually attached the file. It\u2019s always slightly embarrassing\nto get a quick reply back asking if you forgot your attachments.<\/li>
  3. Always be polite and courteous in your greeting\nand send off. Your emails represent you and your image, so be sure to give them\na professional look and feel.<\/li>
  4. If the email is going to be very long, there is\na chance it will not get read all the way through or skimmed by the reader. Try\nto include a summary at the top or list out your major points in bullet points\nto get them across to the email skimmers.<\/li>
  5. If you are expecting a reply back or require\naction items, be sure to list them out and tie names and dates to them if\nneeded.<\/li>
  6. If replying back to a single person, always\ndouble check you did not hit \u2018reply all\u2019. If you need to send a sensitive\npersonal message and do not want to risk everyone accidentally being sent the\nemail, take a few extra seconds to create a brand-new email to avoid getting\nyour wires crossed.<\/li>
  7. Be sensitive to other peoples\u2019 time. Email\nnotifications can be a large distraction and getting a little chime on your\nscreen every few minutes can really hinder someone else\u2019s productivity. Similar\nto walking over and tapping them on the shoulder, be cognizant of the\ndistraction an email may cause and only send if really necessary or group a few\ntogether if they logically make sense too.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Emails can sometimes work against you and waste more time than\nthey save. If a conversation goes on for more than three emails, ask yourself\nif it is better to just pick up the phone and have a conversation. Sometimes\nnothing beats a good person to person conversation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The Internet\nis Forever<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Somethings in life you\ndon\u2019t get to take back. An inappropriate email sent companywide is one of those\nthings. Onsite at a multinational oil and gas conglomerate, writing some code,\nI saw a ping from my email informing me that I had received an email to my\nclient inbox folder. Usually, emails to this folder were companywide updates\nthat did not really concern me, but seeing that the subject had a series of\nforwards and a reference to the sitting president at the time, I decided to\nopen it. The body of the email read a crude joke that hit on race, politics,\ngender and religion. The ultimate superfecta of office no-nos. I guessed the\nsender had a friend named Albert or Allister, but she mistakenly sent the email\nto \u201cAll Employees\u201d. This email was soon followed by another message from\ncompliance asking everyone to delete the email and apologizing for the content\nof the email. I can only imagine the embarrassment the sender felt and would be\nsurprised if that was not her last day on the job. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Are you interested in starting a career in consulting? Be sure to read the full book Jack of all Trades Master of Some; An Introduction to Consulting<\/a> available on Amazon. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Email Etiquette Outside of direct conversation, your primary means of communication is going to be via digital email. When writing emails, be sure to be clear and concise. Reread your email before sending it. Always check for spelling and grammatical errors. If you are sending the email with an attachment, double check you actually attached […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book","category-consulting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":545,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544\/revisions\/545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}