The goal is an inbox with “zero,” email consultant Eddie Bader advised.
“Within 24 hours reply, file/archive or delete,” Bader told the joint meeting of the National Fastener Distributors Association and New England Fastener Distributors Association. “If an email is really for someone else – get rid of it.”
“Are you managing your inbox or is it managing you?” he asked.
Bader’s second email recommendation is to be brief.
“Brevity=Productivity,” Bader advised.
The principal of Companybuilt.com said that if a email gets “that many words then it should be on the phone, face-to-face or an online meeting.”
“Don’t use email to manage projects or tasks,” Bader said. “You frame a house before putting on the roof.”
Email can be a great tool when used appropriately, Bader emphasized. However, just as a circular saw can be a great tool, it also can cut your hand,” he pointed out.
Emails are part of a combination of “people, process and technology that have to work together.”
Bader advocate using FindTime for schedule meetings automatically. Web: Companybuilt.com
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