Jul 16 2008
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Lifehacker Features Eight Ways to Stop Checking Email on the Weekend
My favorite:
Set rules for email-to-phone escalation.
One Senior VP in a Fortune 500 company recently told me that he’s established a simple policy with his direct reports that has cut email volume by almost 40%: once a decision generates more than four emails total in a thread, someone needs to pick up the phone to resolve the issue.
