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Agree. But in my experience, you have to bring the ask/need/most important detail to the first line. 1. Greeting, of course 2. The ask or most important detail
by cptcobalt 4y ago
Agree. But in my experience, you have to bring the ask/need/most important detail to the first line.
1. Greeting, of course
2. The ask or most important detail, standing on its own line. (The exec can rapidly say yes or offer feedback if they agree on the face of it, or read on for more detail.)
3. Then do the I see, I'm doing, I want, etc in more detail.
I think execs managing a tremendous workload appreciate if you can invert to this "thesis first before anything else" style—it took me a while to learn this, and I also appreciate it when partner teams who send stuff to me for review follow this style. I think boils down to time management, triage, and giving rapid yes/nos, but you still need to show your work, but if you make your email harder to action it'll get delayed in processing or even forgotten.
Of course, relationship management matters too.
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- omginternets 4y agoI think we're in agreement. To be clear, there is no expectation that these items arrive in any particular order. What is important is that they all be present. Ordering is situation-dependent. So to your point, yes, this is typically how I would write an email. In fact, the "I am" part of an email is often adequately covered by the 'From' address. On the radio, in contrast, I would explicitly say something like "This is four-two, actual" before proceeding with the rest.