Outlook manners

You received a meeting request and you can't make it. What do you do?

• Nothing, I will keep it in the calendar, maybe I can join after all

• Decline it

• Decline with comments to explain why I cant join

• Tell the organizer you are undecided and mark it as tentative

Someone scheduled a meeting that conflicts with a 1:1 meeting I scheduled with a staff member

• Decline, they should know better than to override my calendar

• Cancel the 1:1 - its not important anyway

• Try to move the 1:1, its easy to find a new spot

You realized you cannot join a meeting that you already accepted...

• Don't show up, they can do without you

• Quit your job, too many meetings!!

• Send a chat message to let the organizer know you can't make it

• Decline

When I schedule a meeting

• I schedule it as soon as possible, its urgent

• I ask Gali to schedule it - no one will argue with her

• I try to fit to everyone's calendar or politely ask people to shift their meetings

• I search for the best time that fits my calendar

When I schedule a meeting, I always add an agenda and goals

• False

• True

Before a meeting

• Answers RED and YELLOW are correct

• I prepare so I don't waste people's time

• I make sure all key people can arrive

When I go out on vacation, I will

• Set an appointment in my calendar and mark it as out-of-office

• Create an automatic notification with delegates and date of return

• Tell my boss and mark it in Bob

• All answers are correct

When I go on vacation, I set a meeting with all my stakeholders so they know I am out

• True

• False

I always "reply to all" - it saves a lot of time

• False

• True

I always prefer to use predefined distribution lists

• True, its fat and simple

• False, it may spam too many