Email can be a leadership killer

Beyond failing to complete their own responsibilities, email distractions cause subordinates to suffer from a lack of leader behaviors, or those that motivate and inspire. “When managers reduce their leader behavior and structure behaviors, it has been shown that employees’ task performance, work satisfaction, organizational commitment, intrinsic motivation and engagement all decrease, and employees’ stress and negative emotions increase."

Interesting article from HBR. In the last week, a number of our staff at Ratio completed Time Management Training and email management was a 'no surprises' feature. It’s a real productivity killer. I check mine while I am on holidays, is that wrong? The thought of coming back to a container load of emails and undoing all the hard-earned relaxation on day 1, drives me to keep them under control. Therein lies the problem, too many emails. At Ratio, we are exploring effective use of chat software to reduce emails. I try to restrict my major email activity to a couple of times a day, keeping the inbox to a minimum. I turned the email alerts off 10 minutes ago, that’s it, I’m done with that distraction. How do other people manage this scourge? https://lnkd.in/g_EYdFW #productivity #workinghours

I’ve observed in myself, and others, multitasking leads to distraction preventing us from achieving larger objectives. One tactic I utilize is to close email completely when I’m working. No email alert to distract me. Others will call if urgent.