There are many things that I love about working at Microsoft. We are always building amazing technology. We are always looking to the future to try and figure out what directions and paths we should take. But we are also always looking at ourselves and trying to figure out how we can make ourselves better as individuals, teams and as a company.
On my team we frequently discuss the team culture and try to identify 2 or 3 specific areas to focus on and improve.
Recently, my team has been looking at what we can do to create a team culture where meetings are more inviting. If you have worked in the technical industry for any amount of time, you know that there is often the need to get groups of people together to solve technical problems. You also know that sometimes these meetings can be great experiences – and sometimes they can be awful.
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When I talk to people about making the right impact with their emails, people spend a lot of time making sure they choose the right words. But they often fail to ask themselves an equally important question: Should you send that email right now?
Have you ever needed to write an important email, but found yourself procrastinating on it? I certainly have. I can think of days where by 10am I knew that there was one really important email that I needed to write, but I did not end up writing the email until 11pm at night. That is so frustrating! I know that it is a common experience.
