How to write Email to boss -Sample

How to write professional email to boss, senior, client to build strong relationship.

When you write to your senior, client, boss, or counterpart, your message should be cordial and courteous.

You might come across emails where a message appears disrespectful since the sender did not take enough time to articulate his email.

A sender sometimes attacks the receiver with a spear. I will take you through two emails which a receiver might find disrespectful and improved versions of the same emails.

An email to boss should polite, respectful, and detailed.

You need to state the reason for the writing the email very clearly.

You should always proofread your email twice or thrice to make sure that it has right tone, and it contains all the required information.

Example 1: Email to Boss

This report should be completed and sent to my office by the end of this week. .

Analysis

Suppose, you write the above email to your colleague; he will find this message disrespectful since you did not request him to complete a task; instead, you gave a command. .

Consider writing

I would be grateful if you could arrange to complete and have it sent to my office tomorrow. .

Each of these messages in example two depicts an order or a command.

The above language will work if you write to your junior or subordinate. Although, your boss, senior, client, or colleague do not expect you to give them a command.

Email to boss or a senior person has to be polite and professional.

Can you please arrange to send the sales report for April 2016 at your most convenient time tomorrow or day after tomorrow?

I am going to have a discussion on this with the client on May 15, 2016. .

How to write an email to your senior, boss or clients

First step: Make a request (Using 'arrange to')

Second step: Define the reason

Third step: Thank you in advance.

Example 2: Email to a senior person

I have attached the agenda for the meeting. Please distribute it among your teammates. .

Analysis

Suppose, you wrote the above email to your colleague; he would think you gave him a command in haste. .

Consider writing

I have attached the agenda for the meeting. (Step 1)

Could you please arrange to have it printed, and distributed among your teammates since every participant may not be aware of the agenda of the meeting? (Step 2) .

Or

Please have the attached list printed, and distributed among your team members as every participant may not have cognizance of the agenda of the meeting.

Or

Kindly arrange to print and distribute the attached list among your teammates since every participant may not be aware of the agenda of the meeting.
Thank you for your attention. (Step 3) .

When you write an email to boss next time, keep the above points in mind.
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