my worker cc’s me on too many emails
A reader writes:
I’m a director of a busy firm. I obtain upward of 1,000 emails a day, with 75% of them for consciousness solely however essential nonetheless.
I’ve a report who manages a workforce of 9, all remotely. He copies me on all the pieces — from assembly response notifications to emails to his staff to messages to IT about an worker’s pc difficulty. I’ve requested him why he does it and he says he desires to ensure I do know what he’s doing always. I instructed him that I belief him, he does an important job and it isn’t essential. Drawback is, he nonetheless does it.
I must have a dialog with him, however understanding he will be delicate and already appears like he has to defend his each transfer, I’m afraid it should have a destructive impact on our work relationship. Nevertheless, I want that quantity of electronic mail to cease and for me to not be so consumed with it.
I reply this query — and three others — over at Inc. as we speak, the place I’m revisiting letters which have been buried within the archives right here from years in the past (and generally updating/increasing my solutions to them). You can learn it right here.
Different questions I’m answering there as we speak embrace:
- We didn’t rent our intern full-time and I’m frightened she’ll be devastated
- Workers need to work whereas they’re furloughed
- Do I owe my pal a private response on a message I forwarded on her behalf?
