Quick Tip: Asked for a catch up or coffee? Get it scheduled straight away

When offered or asked to go to coffee, make sure you get this in the diary straight away by either suggesting a time and date or by asking your PA/secretary to get in touch and schedule a meeting. Why? Because while it is easy to be “too busy” it is important to make time to keep in touch with others.

Set yourself some boundaries/rules about setting up coffee meetings. I am happy to do one a day particularly at the moment while I’ve been working remotely as it means that I am definitely having one non-work related conversation a day and hopefully enjoying a nice cup of coffee along side it.

Following through on having coffee with someone is a small gesture that can have a big impact and really help someone out.