Approval timing: due windows, reminders and out of office — Tips

• Escalate to "add an approver" rather than "reassign" when the original person should still be able to answer — the round widens instead of moving. • Auto-approve is for genuinely low-stakes stages with a healthy due window; the builder warns you before allowing it, and the note it writes is permanent. • Reminders respect each person's own Reminders toggles for email — a stage cadence never overrides someone's decision not to be emailed. • Set out of office before a holiday and delegation handles itself: new asks divert with a trail, and expiry is automatic.