Email overload? Change end user behaviour and significantly reduce email volume

Overview

The overuse and addiction to email is a well known, well researched
productivity drain in most organisations.

It is proven that email is addictive and a significant cause of unnecessary stress. It has also been proven that email addiction, stress and overload can easily be overcome. Most organisations know if there is an email problem – it shows up on most employee surveys as something staff would like to be different.

Excess email volume and retention issues face most organisations. There are many costly technical solutions to email overload.

There is also an inexpensive and proven training intervention that reduces:
• Volume of stored emails
• Number of emails being sent and received
• Reliance on email as the primary method of communication

After implementing this intervention End Users:
• Use the phone and have more face to face interactions
• Gain over 16 days every year (time previously spent dealing with
unnecessary email traffic)
• Experience less stress