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What to do when appointments are cancelled

What to do when appointments are cancelled

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What to do when appointments are cancelled

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- Canceled meetings can be a major distraction in the workplace. Not only do they increase frustration when you show up prepared, and the other person doesn't arrive, but they also cause many small attention switches related to rescheduling the meeting. It's more productive to keep most meetings than to reschedule them. So first, make sure you're using best practices when scheduling your meeting. If you haven't yet, watch the video in this course titled "How to schedule a meeting," to review those best practices. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, as they say. But, despite your best efforts, meetings will sometimes fall through, that's just life. If a meeting falls through because of an emergency, such as a health problem or an unexpected catastrophe, that's normal, and not too big of a concern. We simply need to reschedule. Often, I don't worry the first time a meeting is canceled, because it's very…

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