Business Travel Tips - Office Communication

How to Stay in the Loop While You're Away

By
Relationship Advice Expert April Masini

Q: Dear April Masini,

My job asks that I travel a good portion of the year. I love to travel and really enjoy that aspect of my job--being able to see different places and meet with different people--but I find it difficult to stay connected to my office on my journeys. How can I keep myself connected to my coworkers?
 
Sincerely,
 
Available in the Air 

A: Dear Available in the Air,


Keeping communication channels open is the best way to keep up whether you're on site or away. In fact, an employee can be on site and be more out of the loop than an employee who's off site and is working to stay in the loop by employing these tips, below:

*Keep your cell phone on. 

*Check into your machine(s) hourly or regularly. 

*Check in with your secretary regularly. 

*Check in with anyone else you normally check in with when you're on site, regularly. 

*Read the trades and the paper that you normally read when you're on site, online. 

*Have a fax machine and an overnight mail service address available where you can send out of and receive into. 

*Have an assistant pick up your mail and open it for you, letting you know what's important and what needs immediate response while you're away. 

When constantly traveling, how do you keep up on water-cooler conversation? 

Check in, check in, check in! There's no substitute for communicating. IM, email, snail mail, telephone, fax  -- whatever method works for you, use it!

April Masini -- nicknamed "the new millennium's Dear Abby" by the media, is author of the best-selling books Date Out Of Your League and Think & Date Like A Man, the two (just released) step-by-step dating and relationship manuals, Ideas for a Fun Date and Romantic Date Ideas, and the critically acclaimed dating and relationship online magazine www.AskApril.com.

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