MGMT 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Gesture, Positive Feedback, V Sign
Estimated prevalence of email and meetings
23% of daily tasks involve email
205 billion emails sent a day. 15% are scam
47 emails per person
3 meetings a day
Average time in meetings: 158 minutes per day
More meetings per day—more tired
Non-verbal behaviors, effects
Verbal: words used
Nonverbal: body language, facial expressions. Intonation and pitch
You are alays seidig a essage, ee he you are’t speakig
Nonverbal feedback from managers affects employee behavior
Positive: smiles, head nods, eye contact
Egative: frowns, head shaking, no eye contact, eye rolling
Positive feedback builds good interpersonal relations
Tips on communicating with email
Be clear and conise
Use subject line effectively
Rarely use graphics/attachments
Never assume privacy
Inform recipient about replying
Always include your name and other relevant information
Business email should read like a business letter—header/closing/proofed
Types and outcomes of influence
Key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority
Influence=attempts by a person to change the behavior of superiors, peers, or lower
level employees; it is not in herently good or bad
Rational appeal, emotional appeal, pressure appeal, upwards appeal=person tries to say
that someone higher up agrees, exchange appeal
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