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How to Reschedule a Meeting Politely

Scheduling conflicts happen. The key to rescheduling professionally is to respect the other person’s time by giving notice and offering alternatives. If the meeting is no longer necessary, you may want to decline the meeting instead .

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Time Conflict

I have a conflict at our scheduled time. Would it be possible to move our call to Thursday afternoon instead?

Client-Facing

I’ll need to reschedule to ensure I can give this my full attention. Would early next week work for you?

Last-Minute

Apologies for the short notice — something urgent came up. I’ll follow up shortly with alternative times.

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