Sending an email at night just because you’re thinking about the problem or issue at the moment could be hurting the rest of your team, according to Maura Thomas writing in the Harvard Business Review. “As a productivity trainer specializing in attention management, I’ve seen over the past decade how after-hours emails speed up corporate cultures—and that, in turn, chips away at creativity, innovation, and true productivity,” she says.
Whether you expect a response immediately isn’t the issue, because the employees will perceive that one is necessary, Thomas explains. People looking to get ahead, or impress you, will feel compelled to act and this can quickly spread to your entire team. What’s wrong with that, you ask? Thomas says not so fast.
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