4 Strategies to Improve Email Productivity

As work situations have gone remote, email has become even more vital for communication. So make sure your email habits are good.

• Rethink Your Subject Line. Tell the recipient as much as possible in as few words as manageable and make sure to let the recipient know if any action is needed on their part.

• Establish Addressing Rules. It isn’t enjoyable to be copied on an endless series of email replies. Establish a team

rules about who needs to pay attention to which emails by properly utilizing the “To” and “CC” fields.

• Use Caution When BCC-ing. Blind copying people on emails come across as sneaky. Refrain from it as much as possible. Only use it for bulk emails, or when you want to drop someone from a chain, they no longer need politely.

• Don’t Draw Things Out. If you can’t resolve something in three emails or less, it’s time to pick up the phone. Sometimes email doesn’t work.