You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Often the most common way of giving thanks in professional settings is by writing thank-you notes ...

If you’re new to the concept of job interview thank you notes, know that it’s important to separate professional etiquette from personal etiquette. You’re not thanking your grandmother for the check ...

Why is it that we still get a tiny thrill from checking the mailbox each day? Rationally, we know what’s in there: bills we don’t want, catalogs we never ordered, and that bulky Valpak stuffed ...

I’ve used thank you notes in my business for over a decade and even received referrals from people I’ve met at networking events because they were so impressed by my immediate follow-up notes!

Proofreading is to business communication ... and illustrations will spell the difference between a rote thank-you note and one the recipient tacks to his computer and sneaks a peek at whenever ...

I remember grumbling over this at the time, but thank-you notes have since become a passion of mine. Explore HBR HBR Store About HBR Manage My Account Follow HBR Harvard Business Publishing ...

Video chats were once a dream of science fiction but are now the way many people conduct business or keep in ... still send those Christmas cards. Thank you notes, once considered a necessity ...

Some gestures are timeless, such as sending a thank-you note. With the season of giving upon us, perhaps we need a reminder that gratitude shouldn’t be reduced to a text message full of emojis.

For me, the daughter of small business owners, winter and the holidays meant more family time at the dining table, not just to eat but to handwrite thank you notes to our customers. My brother ...