Comments for Straight Talking Communications http://straighttalkingcomms.com Telling it like it is Thu, 02 May 2013 12:51:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Talk to me, dammit! by Dave Smith http://straighttalkingcomms.com/523/talk-to-me-dammit-523.html#comment-52 Dave Smith Thu, 02 May 2013 12:51:14 +0000 http://straighttalkingcomms.com/?p=523#comment-52 Hi Philippa Spot on as ever. I'm spoilt in my current role - a small team of about 16 people, we all sit together on the same floor and are encouraged by our MD to talk, talk, talk. Emails are deliberately kept to a minimum and used more as a tool of record or to send files etc. If we have questions, walking (OK, sometimes shouting!) across the office is positively encouraged, and even in our dealings with our head office in the US, everyone is on Skype so that, again, we don't resort to plonking out an email and thinking our job is done. Who was it used to say "it's good to talk"? Hi Philippa

Spot on as ever.

I’m spoilt in my current role – a small team of about 16 people, we all sit together on the same floor and are encouraged by our MD to talk, talk, talk.

Emails are deliberately kept to a minimum and used more as a tool of record or to send files etc. If we have questions, walking (OK, sometimes shouting!) across the office is positively encouraged, and even in our dealings with our head office in the US, everyone is on Skype so that, again, we don’t resort to plonking out an email and thinking our job is done.

Who was it used to say “it’s good to talk”?

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]]> Comment on Is there anybody there? by Wendy van den Hende http://straighttalkingcomms.com/313/is-there-anybody-there-313.html#comment-2 Wendy van den Hende Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:29:21 +0000 http://straighttalkingcomms.com/?p=313#comment-2 I so agree that e-mail can be a two edged sword and we need to maximise the benefits and minimise the harmful bits. There are no excuses for people ignoring you although I don't agree that an automatic e-mail response is better than no response, Wendy I so agree that e-mail can be a two edged sword and we need to maximise the benefits and minimise the harmful bits. There are no excuses for people ignoring you although I don’t agree that an automatic e-mail response is better than no response, Wendy

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