- Speak up
- Be polite
- Invite others to schedule their interactions with you
- Schedule all the time you need for yourself
- Set your calendar view default setting to private
- Set your calendar appointment default to 15 minutes
- Put your out-of-office times on your calendar
- Learn and use people's names
- Use titles (such as sir or ms. where appropriate)
- Make plans - structure your time
- "Disagree and commit" - execute reliably
- Be willing to ask questions
- Acknowledge others before speaking
- Say thank you - acknowledge someone else's contributions
- Say you're welcome - acknowledge your own contributions
- Separate emails for separate functions - work or personal
- Use email labels and filters
- Set reminders
- Have more than one phone number - work or personal
- Let people save face, and leave escape routes for them
- Share credit
- Notice and share when others do well
- Stay in demand
- Have other options
- Keep a work diary - accomplishments, ideas, etc
- Anticipate and guide
- Share proactively
- Dress up (slightly)
- Give good feedback
- Negotiate - don't take the first offer in anything that matters
- Say no sometimes - set boundaries and abide by them
- Admit when you don't know
- Be willing to move on