Frustrated workers who have taken the time to learn efficient


e-mail practices cry out, “I can’t do this alone!” Every time they try to be more efficient, others with less-efficient practices infect their workspace and steal time from them. Frustrated managers know the issue should be addressed, but struggle with how to accomplish it efficiently and effectively. Instead of trying to address themyriad of toxic practices that


can be found in organizations, the “Clean Out Your Inbox Week” campaign sets three primary goals. First, challenge everyone in


Egan Email Solutions has developed an “eKit” to assist in


thisCleanOutYour Inbox campaign, providing a complete ration- ale for how and why it will work, and offering tools to make the week a success. Included in the kit are more than 30 e-mail effi- ciency tip posters, camera-ready art, promotion and recognition ideas, meeting talking points, timelines, press releases, and pro- motional sample e-mails.


Executives can’t be expected


your organization to empty their inboxes by a given Friday. Clut- tered inboxes negatively affect pro- ductivity – they add to stress and increase distractions.While an empty inbox is not a solution in and of itself, it indicates to people what an inbox should look like. It shows coworkerswhat the goal is. Second, the Clean OutYour Inbox campaign requires that


Trying to fix all of these problems can be likened to trying to herd 200 cats.


to know the best methods to bail out their e-mail cultures, so EganEmailSolutions.com has done that work for them. By keep- ing it simple, and focusing on the three behaviors that will bring the biggest return, businesses will be spurred on to give even more


attention to curbing the wasteful behaviors that the use of poor e- mail practices can cause. Getting an entire organization on board to take hold of their


everyone in the organization agrees not to use e-mail urgently. Instead, anything urgent should be handled by either an office vis- it or by telephone. E-mails requiring responses within three hours should not be sent. This requirement can help eliminate the need for everyone to have their e-mail open and constantly pinging interruptions while people work. Third, the business must agree that all workers are expected


to view their e-mail five times a day, at most. This requirement enables workers to focus their attention on other tasks, and mini- mizes the interruptions that plague the everydaywork environment.


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unproductive e-mail practices can be a daunting task. Some may say, “With all of the business/profit/legal challengeswe have, how can we justify devoting time to e-mail productivity?!” When you look at the numbers, the reality is that you can't


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Marsha Egan, CPCU, is CEO of the Egan Group., Reading, PA. Her recently released eKit Clean Out Your Inbox campaign can be found at www.eganemailsolutions.com


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