HlavCo Intl. » email http://www.hlavco.com Corporate Intranet Portal Fri, 24 Sep 2010 06:30:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 On Sale Now — How to Write Email that GETS RESULTS http://www.hlavco.com/press-center/on-sale-now-how-to-write-email-that-gets-results http://www.hlavco.com/press-center/on-sale-now-how-to-write-email-that-gets-results#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:18:22 +0000 Mr. Hlava's Personal Assistant http://www.hlavco.com/?p=143 How to Write Email That Gets Results & Other CEObservations is filled with more than 30 chapters of email writing tips, “best” business practices, Q&A with his insipid employees and numerous CEObservations – aside commentaries on business practices, employees and the finer things in life. The humor is dark but honest, especially as you consider that Hlava truly believes what he says. How many inappropriate comments will you find yourself laughing at?

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]]> http://www.hlavco.com/ceobservations/the-record-for-cc/feed 0 How to Fire People Via Email http://www.hlavco.com/email-writing-tips/how-to-fire-people-via-email http://www.hlavco.com/email-writing-tips/how-to-fire-people-via-email#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:33:05 +0000 Mr. Hlava's Personal Assistant http://www.hlavco.com/?p=73 email tipsBecause I like people so much, I agonize over firing people. (Regardless of how important I am, I am human, too.) I know that these people have lives outside of work, that sometimes people depend on them to be breadwinners, and if they don’t have families, the local liquor store or a porn site is depending on them to help keep their businesses afloat. And that’s why firing someone is never easy – you can sympathize with that person as you’re sitting across from him in your office in what is thankfully your final meeting.

Fortunately, email has changed all that. All that emotion, all that thinking and sympathizing and empathizing – all that is tossed aside by one brilliant button: Send. That being said, when you’re firing someone by email, you can’t just write:

From: Richard Hlava, CEO
To: Sap
You’re fired

^^
RH

(or)

From: Richard Hlava, CEO
To: Sap
Important message

You’re fired. ..!.,

Thanks,
Richard Hlava, CEO

That’s classless. This person did some things of value during their tenure, one assumes, and they deserve to be fired with dignity and respect. Make your email sound both dignified and respectful.

From: Richard Hlava, CEO
To: Sap
Thank you for your help

Dear Sap,
I want to personally thank you for your help on recent projects – projects that I will remember forever but am unable to list off as of this moment. Without you, they probably would have never been finished until we found someone to do them.

Which reminds me, we have decided to make a change in your department, and that change is you. We have set up for you a nice compensation package equal to two-day’s pay as severance, which is one day more than we give most people. Your hard work and dedication, as you can tell by that extra day of severance pay, has not gone unnoticed.

Thank you for your service, and security should be standing right behind you to escort you out.

Sincerely,
Richard Hlava, CEO

From “How to Write Email that GETS RESULTS & Other CEObservations”

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Security alert: This former employee has made various incoherent threats against Mr. Hlava. Not only is he not allowed on the premises but if you see him, you may shoot to kill.

]]> http://www.hlavco.com/internal-communication/precious-the-unemployed-lion/feed 0 How to Write Email That GETS RESULTS & Other CEObservations — Sample Chapter http://www.hlavco.com/press-center/how-to-write-email-that-gets-results-other-ceobservations-sample-chapter http://www.hlavco.com/press-center/how-to-write-email-that-gets-results-other-ceobservations-sample-chapter#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:52:37 +0000 Mr. Hlava's Personal Assistant http://www.hlavco.com/?p=100 To read a sample chapter of “How to Write Email That GETS RESULTS & Other CEObservations” From: Richard Hlava, To: Subordinates, CC: Terry Dugan (Assistant), BCC: Swiss Bank Account, click “Sample Chapter“. Even a brainiac like Daniel in Marketing could figure that one out.

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