Tag Archives: Workplace Writing

I Hate ‘reply all’

By Phil Stella | Published: May 13, 2019

I hate being copied on responses that I don’t need to see. I bet you do, too. Someone responds to a question asked in a group email with a careless ‘reply all’ response because they were lazy or inept to do the right thing.
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WordPower – Always Break the Rules!

By Phil Stella | Published: April 1, 2019

This month, ‘WordPower’ feature deals with some rules of grammar and which ones you should consider breaking if you want to enhance your routine workplace writing. Read More »

WordPower – Choose Your Words Wisely

By Phil Stella | Published: February 4, 2019

This edition of ‘WordPower’ deals with the word choices you make every day – more simple best practices to improve your routine workplace writing.    Read More »

Communicating Effectively with Millennials

By Phil Stella | Published: April 11, 2018

(This article originally appeared in the popular Small Business Expert Forum published by   Nationally known PR expert Carol Roth. I’m was thrilled to have the opportunity to promote these concepts in such a respected vehicle.)

While millennials have some generation-specific communication preferences, they have a lot more in common with other generations than differences, except for their use of technology. If communicating with them in your workplace presents a challenge, here are five ways to resonate with your 30-somethings readers. Read More »

‘Phil’s Faves’ on Workplace Writing

By Phil Stella | Published: August 3, 2017

Participants in my ‘Painless Workplace Writing’ workshops or presentations regularly hear me repeat simple phrases as a way to reinforce key learning points. So, here are some of my Faves to help you take a little pain out of writing at work: Read More »

Workplace Writing Power Point – Short Words

By Phil Stella | Published: June 6, 2017

Here’s this month’s Power Point – whenever a short, simple, familiar word is just as clear or clearer as a longer word, use the shorter word. The extra syllables don’t add anything to your meaning and may detract from your image as a real, down-to-earth person. But don’t trade clarity for brevity. Think ‘Twitter’ and save some of those characters for another message. Read More »

Sail the ‘7 Seas’ … again

By Phil Stella | Published: March 1, 2017

Please excuse the bogus link in last month’s Quickie. Here’s the short piece you should have seen with a properly working link:
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Sail the Seven Cs

By Phil Stella | Published: February 1, 2017

Effective Workplace Writing should pass the ‘7 Cs Test.’  Is it:  Read More »

Power Point – Abbreviations

By Phil Stella | Published: September 22, 2016

This month’s Workplace Writing Power Point covers Abbreviations. I just wish there was a simple abbreviation for abbreviation. So, if you want … or need … what you write at work to be accurate and consistent, follow these simple suggestions: Read More »

Activate Active Voice

By Phil Stella | Published: September 3, 2016

This month’s Workplace Writing Power Point activates Active Voice. And you get two points every time you use it over Passive Voice – for ‘Concise’ and ‘Conversational’. Read More »