world. neil: and a lot of us don t think about some of the things we say sound, or the way we act, you know, is being picked up in the workplace. what s a big faux pas you try to smash when you re called for advice? well, i concentrate on the a, b, c, d s. appearance, behavior, communication, and digital footprint and i have to say, my most popular class is e-mail etiquette. so many employees are hitting reply all when not everyone needs to see that particular message. i mean, people are showing up late for work. people are wearing flip-flops and they re wearing dirty shoes. they re not paying attention to how they are speaking in an e-mail. grammar and word choice matters. do a spell check because this is part of your personal brand which in turn becomes part of the company s personal brand. if you don t have any training
get started with fast and reliable internet and voice for just $64.99 a month. or, ask how to get a visa prepaid card with a qualifying bundle. quick reminder don t miss full circle our digital news show that give us a chance to have indengt conversation. last night s guest had written an article about e-mail etiquette called what if we just stopped being so available? take a look. i am constantly apologizing on virtually every e-mail or text even i send because i have
call me. here s my extension. be more formal over e-mail. this is a workplace. understand e-mail etiquette, phone etiquette. you say don t complain and don t assume your secrets are safe. you can t assume everything. that is the one thi i messed up every single day at my first day. my boss would always say, lauren, never assume anything. your next tip is your title. don t worry so much about the title. it matters what results you produce is what matters. results, results, results. think outside your paycheck. join team brain storm sessions. show your boss you really care about the company. you re not too caught up in your position or paycheck. millenials are getting a bad rap. i hear from executives that are my friends say they feel they are entitled. can you defend this? i think it is up to us,
just purchased windows professional, now i want to load it a fellow user from 2003 named john interrupts and says stop shouting at everyone, repeat five times. yes, we are in an information age, but honestly what that means for most of us most of the time is in a technology age, and keeping the caps on, no matter where you are, this is oprah s first tweet, all caps, high tweeters, and even though she is oprah, and i have a feeling that nobody ever tells her what to do, people told her what to do with the shouting. shaquille told her gently, your caps are on, btw. when microsoft office did their 12 tips for better e-mail etiquette, they made it a rule,
the fact checker column beautifully and hilariously illustrates the range of such cable, e-mail, that bear a secretary of state s name. they include an advisory about a shortage of hotel rooms in liberia. january 2009. that was also signed, if you will, by secretary condoleezza rice in that case. a listing of new office phone numbers in the brazzaville embassy in the republic of the congo signed again by secretary clinton. perhaps the best of all, a cable signed, if you will, by clinton about e-mail etiquette, like tips avoiding all-cap letters. it s perceived as shouting she said, or somebody did. i know firsthand all sorts of cables come signed by the secretary of state. when i was in the peace corps in africa, i got one signed by william rogers who was then secretary of state. i knew it was not coming from him personally. joining me the huffington post s howard fineman and salon.com s joan walsh. anyone who knows anything about foreign policy knows all mail, cables, whatever they