A few months ago, when responding to a client query, I stumbled upon a little quirk in the way Outlook meeting requests work that I hadn't known about. Most people know that when you organise a meeting using a Microsoft Outlook meeting request, you can track...
Almost every one of us uses Outlook email folders. That is, we take some time – at least occasionally – to file emails that have been read and dealt with into an email folder somewhere under our inbox. (If this isn't you, and instead you have...
The Microsoft Outlook "Reading Pane" gives you an instant preview or view of an email you select from your Inbox without really opening it. It's the "default View" in Microsoft Outlook when you begin using it. I'm not a great fan of using the Outlook Reading Pane...
We’ve all done it. It’s incredibly inefficient, can lead to important tasks being forgotten and ultimately adds to, rather than reducing, stress. Some of us have done it occasionally while some do it all the time. I’m talking about double-handling in your Email Inbox. Double-handing of...
The Outlook “To Do Bar” offers some fantastic features to assist you in managing your Workload. The To Do Bar is is nestled on the right hand side of your Outlook Inbox. It is usually on by default, though many people tend to ignore it. The...
Using Microsoft OneNote in combination with Microsoft Outlook can help save you valuable time. There are some fantastic integration tools between both programs and in this short article, I'd like to highlight one of them. If you are not using Microsoft OneNote, I want to encourage...
How to Group Emails in Microsoft Outlook by Date In my Productivity Training, I often get asked how to organise and group emails in their Outlook Inbox by the date received. That is, emails are grouped by the day they arrived. Today, Yesterday, Last Week etc. In...
Optimise Microsoft Outlook and be more Productive If you you have never learnt how to optimise Microsoft Outlook, when I say the term 'Microsoft Outlook', I bet you immediately think 'Email'. But what if I told you it can offer so much more? While it's true that...
The 4Ds Behind Managing Email And Taking Back Your Inbox There's no denying it, managing email has become an essential business skill we all need to have. Email has changed the way we work, allowing fast and effective communication with colleagues, clients and collaborators, both in the...
Practical Tips to Get Your To-Do List Under Control In some ways, I envy Frodo Baggins. The daring Hobbit, central to the iconic fantasy series The Lord of The Rings, had just one item on his to-do list: to get The One Ring to Mordor. One...