I am often amazed at the number of professionals in India that seems to ‘fall off the radar’
But I was traveling! I am sure you understand...
for up to a week at a time. Things will be going just fine and you may be in the midst of some important discussions or progressing on a project. Then, suddenly, whammo… no sign of someone for upto a week. After the 3-4 unanswered phone calls and a similar number of emails to check on progress, suddently people seem to resurface with the excuse that they were ‘traveling’.
In this day and age of Blackberry’s and Twitter, I am often amazed that professionals can suddenly do the disappearing act for a week, often in the midst of active projects. Business Travel is ofcourse a necessary part of our lives and wont change much into the future. Technology however has also given us tools to be able to remain in touch when we travel, to the extent we want ofcourse.
- When you travel, do you take advantage of the change in routine to say a. read a book, b. read some magazines that you dont typically get to or c. listen to your iPOD?
- Or when you travel do you place an “Out of Office” message on your Outlook, and make every attempt to return phone calls or emails within 24 hours?
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