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Is email killing your team’s performance?

December 15, 2021 Affective LeadershipAssociation InsightsEmotional Intelligence  No comments

Atos an international information technology services company with annual revenues of EUR 8.5 billion and 74,000 employees in 48 countries thinks so and is planning to ban email for internal communications by 2014[i].

What is email waste costing you?    According to a survey posted in PRNewswire 25% of “email time” is wasted for a total of 15 days per year.   Let’s do the numbers

Total employees X (average annual wage + 15% benefits) X 6% = YIKES!!!
Example:  1200 employees X $30/hour = W...

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Parallel systems power creativity and efficiency

December 15, 2021 Emotional Intelligence  One comment

Mary Parker FollettIt seems that whenever I come up with a revolutionary new idea it only takes a little more  research to find someone who had the same insight……before I was even born.  This week’s blast from the past comes from Mary Parker Follett (1868-1933).    Not only was Mary admired for her smashing hairdo but she was selected by President Theodore Roosevelt as his personal consultant for her expertise as a management theorist...

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