A Face-to-Face Request Is 34 Times More Successful than an Email
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w study finds that people tend to overestimate the power of their persuasiveness via text-based communication, and underestimate the power of their persuasiveness via face-to-face communication. In one experiment, 45 participants were instructed to ask 10 strangers to complete a survey. Half the participants made the request over email, and half made it face-to-face…read more at hbr.org
How The Most Successful People Start And End Their Workdays
If you’ve eve
r tried adopting one, you know that no productivity hack, habit, or routine is universal. What works for one person doesn’t always work for another. During his 20-minute morning strolls, Katz-Mayfield says he steers clear of checking emails and tries not to use his phone altogether. read more at fastcompany.com
5 Ways to Create Content That Breaks Down Trust Barriers
It got me
thinking about what brand loyalty and trust mean and how content comes into play. If I visit a company’s website and find no evidence of actual human existence — no photos of team members, no phone number, no blog content and no links to social media accounts that have actually been maintained — I usually assume the worst. This company might be a fraud or it has terrible customer service (or maybe it’s hiding something else entirely)…read more at entrepreneur.com
How to Get Your Team to Follow Through After a Meeting
After a meeting
ends it can be challenging to keep your team motivated and focused on getting agreed upon tasks done. Of course, you need to end the meeting with clear agreements on specific actions and completion dates for each item but that’s not enough. Ask people communicate if one of their action items becomes at risk of non-delivery…Read more…