A Manager's Toolbox

The Microsoft Email Automation Guide is a step-by-step Microsoft 365 workflow designed to reduce the time teams spend reading, interpreting and manually processing emails.

The guide shows how to convert Microsoft Outlook emails directly into Microsoft Planner tasks with defined deadlines, automatically reflected in the Outlook calendar. Clear screenshots enable fast implementation without technical expertise.

In practice, teams invest 30–45 minutes to set up the workflow and typically reduce email processing time by several hours per week. The approach works without AI, avoiding IP, compliance and data-protection risks, and relies solely on native Microsoft 365 functionality.

This guide is intended for leaders and teams who want to restore execution focus by removing email noise, improving task clarity and making responsibility and deadlines visible—without adding new tools or complexity.

It is not an IT project.
It is an execution efficiency instrument.

The Alignment Interview Method™ is a structured, science-backed framework that helps procurement leaders align their teams with organisational direction at the start of a planning year.It provides a clear methodology for conducting alignment interviews that are fair, consistent and decision-relevant - without turning them into performance reviews or negotiation discussions.

Designed for real-world conditions with largely fixed budgets and roles, the method enables leaders to translate corporate goals into procurement expectations, assess team alignment, identify realistic development paths and build early commitment to the procurement roadmap.

This is not an HR assessment tool.
It is a leadership instrument for aligning people, priorities and organisational direction