'Going forward' what else to say?

[pontipinemum]

I just sent an email with the phrase going forward:

Dear Betty,

Can you please send all correspondence in relation to fluffy project directly to me going forward?

Kind regards,

Ponti

I had it sent and remembered lots of people hate the phrase going forward, but what else would you say? I need to sound fairly corporate especially until I have a bit of a relationship with the external person I am talking to.

In future?

From now on?

why say anything? Whole phrase is redundant, and implies that they recipient has done something wrong in the past, but might be forgiven if they correct their behaviour from this point on

Dear Betty

Please would you now send any Fluffy project correspondence directly to me?

Many thanks

Ponti

You can just leave "going forward" out altogether. The sense is clear!

If it's because you've just taken over the project and you want to explain, you can say e.g. Now that I've taken over as xx, please send...

Or, So and so has now left the team, so please send...

Taking it out altogether could be interpreted that OP requires copies of all correspondence that there has even been on fluffy project to be forwarded to her. Actually she just wants the future stuff, so she could say “in the future” or personally. I think there is nothing wrong with “going forward” either it is just another way of saying it. Often there can be more than one way of saying something.

@Picklestop yes, that's a good point about it implying she wants all correspondence to date. Hadn't thought of that.

In future and from now on do the job - mean the same but aren't the dreaded Corporate Speak

Thanks, mostly saying in future/ from now on means the exact same thing but will hopefully not get people rolling their eyes

Henceforth

😅

Another vote for henceforth 😂

In future was the phrase that worked brilliantly until the god awful “going forward” replaced it 😄

Can you please direct all future correspendance regarding the fluffy project to me

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I like this one.

Hate ‘going forward’ (and ‘myself’, while we’re on the topic of newly-introduced biz speak - ‘Please send all correspondence to myself going forward’).

@creeashun henceforth, and from this day on I shall directly require all correspondence on fluffy project. 😂

@Durdledore I haven't had that yet. But I would say 90% of my emails aren't too 'corporate speak' it's funny to think of what I sounded (typed) like when I started office work 10 years ago. I was a lot more formal.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions.