GREATPOST!!!! FOR A GENTLE REMINDER…
The first time I was given a “gentle reminder” was from one of my employees. She was owed some money from a paycheck discrepancy and I told her to remind me so I could fix it. I was genuinely overworked between home and work life and knew I was struggling to keep up, so I would frequently make requests like this from my staff. What they wanted was important to me and I wanted to deliver. To ensure I wouldn’t drop the ball with getting them whatever they needed (a raise, promotion, letter of recommendation, schedule change) as soon as I could catch my breath, I would ask the people to text or email me a few days out as a reminder. A kind of checks and balances to make sure nothing fell through the cracks and to remind everyone I’m only human and my workload is outrageous, be nice…
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