Legend has it that after President Rutherford Hayes installed the very first telephone in the White House in 1878, the very first words he spoke were “Please speak more slowly.” Toorapid speech on voice-mail messages is but one of the ways we negatively impact each other’s productivity. Playing phone tag is another. Yet another is being engaged in conversations that wander aimlessly. A fourth is the power of a ringing phone to interrupt your concentration. And, of course, a phone that goes unanswered or a voice-mail message that goes unreturned can harm your reputation for efficiency.
Before considering improvements to your incoming and outgoing voice-mails, consider this question:
As far as the workplace is concerned, what ...
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