It’s quick, simple, and best of all, effective
Photo: Tarik Kizilkaya/Getty Images My boss gets 500 emails a day. I try not to email her but sometimes I have to, and the one way to get her to reply quickly is simple: I start every email to her with a question. And then if needed, I explain the context to my question in one or two more sentences in the fewest possible words.
Here are some examples of how to rephrase messages to your boss as questions, either in emails or DM:Could we please pay X freelancer the usual $Y to complete Z task? [Tell her what the task is, and why this freelancer is the best person for the job] I learned this strategy from my very corporate consultant friends, whose soul-sucking companies demand and encourage this streamlined way of communicating and even gave it a name: “High-Level Summaries.” Their emails are expected to contain only the most important information their bosses need to know , purposefully written to require only a one-word answer, if at all: Yes. No. Okay.
This strategy is also effective if you’re responding to something your boss asks you to do. Remember, in the interstitial space between when your boss messages her request and she’s waiting for you to confirm yes, you can do it, you have her full attention. But you get only one “ask.” So ask all of your questions upfront with the strategies listed above, while she’s still thinking about it .
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