1. Set up your out-of-office message: Employees are encouraged to set up their email at
* to send an out-of-office message outside of work hours
—a simple way to avoid feeling the need to check your emails in the evening!
2. Schedule your messages for the next day
. It’s best not to send emails in the evenings or on weekends unless it’s urgent
. You can use the “schedule send” feature so you don’t tempt your colleagues to reply outside of work hours.”
3. Update your status; use tools that display each colleague’s status: available for collaboration, focused on work, away, traveling, etc.
Create a presence channel to centralize communications related to presence
Turning off notifications helps us refocus on our work; incoming emails, but also notifications that catch our eye on our phones… we should avoid sharing our personal phone number at work.
Allowing one "unplugged" workday—a day without emails—can help teams ease the pressure of constant digital availability, while also providing an opportunity for personal downtime.
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