A few weeks ago, I asked for your thoughts on using emojis in work-related communications. It was just an informal poll. And the outcome was pretty one sided. You’ll see by the chart above, that emojis are fine. But there is a caveat: Emojis are fine if you use them properly. I’m going to define properly as three things. We know our audience. Fast Company just published an article about …

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes I don’t need to produce any statistics to convince you that video calls are popular. Over the past year, the use of video call technology has grown exponentially – to the point where we actually have video call fatigue. Personally, I think one of the reasons that we have video call fatigue is because we haven’t developed any universally accepted rules or etiquette. Video calls …

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes You have probably noticed individuals who share their pronouns on their social media accounts. LinkedIn recently included the ability to add gender pronouns to your user account. But do you know why individuals do it? I’ll be honest, I wanted to learn more about this, so I listened to an online session from last year’s Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Inclusion conference. Pronoun sharing …

One of the lessons that we can take away from the past year is that some forms we use to communicate are better than others. Granted, we should have known this. However, I do find when we’re able to all be in the same place – and deliver many of our messages in person – that we don’t really complain about a message being delivered in-person (versus other forms of …

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes I must admit that I find articles sharing “what’s in and what’s out” fascinating. There was one a couple of months ago that announced side parts (for your hair) are a complete no-no. Not sure why, but side parts are out. The same article mentioned that the laughing emoji was “out”. You know the one I’m referring to. It’s the one with a smiley face …

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