Excellence in Business Communication, 13th Edition
Chapter 3. Collaboration and Business Etiquette
"As a customer, you have more options than ever when you want to contact a company.
"So, this article is for those that simply want basic, common sense, healthy, usable techniques.
"A position could be an opinion, an idea, or a plan.
"We all have to negotiate in life, whether it’s asking for a bigger raise, nailing down details of a contract or even getting your kids to do their homework.
"Wharton's Peter Cappelli discusses IBM's decision to rethink its remote work policy for some employees.
"When left unchecked, not only does rampant incivility make our days more tense, it also leads to a loss of focus, a loss of productivity, a deliberate slacking off among disgruntled employees, and even serious health problems.
"Content engineering or content marketing is essentially about designing the right kinds of content that might engage consumers.
Karin Hurt (photo, left) asks, "Have you ever felt this way?
"Serial entrepreneur, angel investor, philanthropist, author and CEO of Bizzultz May McCarthy [photo, left] explains how intuition will help you achieve financial freedom.

According to Kat Boogaard (photo, left), "Dealing with someone who monopolizes every discussion is frustrating.
"[Recently,] Savvy Psychologist Dr.
"We asked [Daniel Post] Senning [photo, left] and Barbara Pachter, author of The Essentials of Business Etiquette, to tell us about some antiquated gendered courtesies and other etiquette rules that you don't need to follow anymore — and what you should do instead.
"What is the secret to the unparalleled success that keeps Amazon growing while so many traditional retailers are shutting their doors?
"There are plenty of frustrations that crop up during your workday.
Take a look at Douglas Conant's manifesto.
"Your days are filled with what seems like endless sit-downs, conversations, and brainstorming sessions.
"The reason brainstorms devolve into groupthink has to do with the way memory works.
These brief podcasts focus on marketing applications of social media.
Shana Lebowitz relates the story of how Doug Conant (photo, left), former CEO of Campbell Soup Company, continually reached out to employees and what it inspired.
Listen to the podcast by Noah Zandan (photo, left).
"In Alec Ross’s new book, The Industries of the Future, he takes a deep dive into the specific fields he believes will shape our economic future, including robotics and the codification of just about everything.
"Wharton management professor Peter Cappelli [photo, left] has spent decades studying the complicated dynamics of employment.
"Wharton's Mary-Hunter McDonnell discusses her research on social activism and corporate political clout.
"Internal communication has a lot in common with healthy living.
"I am not a medical expert, but I know communication plays a major role in the overall well-being of both the team and the organization.