Business Etiquette
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Turn Off, Tune In
June 29, 2006
All those electronic accoutrements of today’s new, young professionals, their cell phones, PDAs and voice recorders, bring plenty of blessings and more than a few curses.
On the plus side, it’s easier to stay in touch. Need to delegate some work to a new recruit or summer associate? Get an update on the status of a project? Provide feedback on the quality of a draft? You can do any of these with the click of a few buttons. Message goes out. Message is received. Everyone’s updated.
There is, however, a down-side to these electronic tools. Many of your new recruits and summer associates have grown up in a world in which electronic devices always reside within easy reach. They are quite used to IMing incessantly and carrying on cell phone conversations anywhere and everywhere. In the workplace, your more senior workers may easily be distracted by these same activities.
Encourage the newer members of your office to turn off (or at a bare minimum, turn to vibrate) their cell phones and PDAs especially when they are working with more senior members of their work teams.
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