Check Your Email

Email is our primary source of communication at work – and mistakes are BOUND to happen...

Here are a few business email pointers that could help spare your professional reputation:

• If you’re going to attach a file – do that BEFORE you compose. It will save you that second email and apology when you forget to attach it.

• Take a second to delete your automatic signature when corresponding back and forth – it can get tiresome.

• If you’re angry – don’t hit send. An emotional email in business can be a catastrophic mistake. If you must write it – save it as a draft and sleep on it.

• Use the subject line – it’s the headline to your email. When the topic changes – go ahead and start a new thread with a NEW subject line.

No one is immune to premature sending, reply instead of forward – or worse! You can really safeguard yourself by getting in the habit of clearing the “To” field until you’ve composed and double checked everything.