Engage Thinking

Internal Communications

Make the “Right” Request

earcanal

A recent study has shown that you’re twice as likely to get what you ask for if you make the request into someone’s right ear versus the left. People show favor to syllables that go in their right ear over their left because of the way our brains process verbal sounds. Lends credibility to sitting to someone’s right–they’re more likely to listen to you.

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Under the Radar

slydial

Your co-worker is in back to back meetings all day but you have information they need for the last meeting of the day. You a) call anyways, knowing their phone will ring, b) send a text message that’s limited to 160 characters, or c) slydial them and leave a voicemail they can check at their convenience.

Hint: it’s option C.