Controlling Email Overload?

Do you check your e-mail every 20 minutes? Do you read and reply to nearly every message as soon as it arrives? When you have a question for an employee, do you automatically e-mail him rather than pick up the phone?

If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, your e-mail practices might be cutting into your productivity. Hard to believe that e-mail, the wonder of electronic communication that has streamlined so many business transactions, can also be a major distraction at work?

NFIB (National Federation of Independent Business) offers the following tips to tame e-mail overload. Check it out.