067 | How to get on top of email overwhelm when you’re in a busy HR role

Jan 13, 2023

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In this episode of HR Coffee Time, Career Coach Fay Wallis offers advice and tips on the best way to get on top of email overwhelm when you’re in a busy HR role.

Please note: All links to books within these show notes are affiliate links, which means Fay will receive a small commission from Amazon (at no cost to you) if you make a purchase through any of them.

Key Points From This Episode

[01:50] Fay takes a moment to say thank you for the reviews and for helping HR Coffee Time get to number 7 in the Apple Podcast Careers chart

[02:45] Fay shares her first tip – unsubscribing for those emails you never read

[04:39] Second tip – filtering your emails by sender or date

Fay recommends How to be a Productivity Ninja: Worry Less, Achieve More and Love What You Do by Graham Allcott

[06:43] Tip three – try not to use your inbox as a to-do list

Complete emails that will take 2 minutes to action straight away
Allow yourself to have 3 main folders only; ‘action’, ‘read’ and ‘waiting’

[09:04] Tip four – ensure you are setting up auto-replies with useful information

Fay refers to episode 43 - The one thing that will boost your resilience throughout your HR career, with Tom Cleary

[13:02] Fay recommends reading The Future of Time: How ‘re-working’ time can help you boost productivity, diversity and well-being by Helen Beedham

Fay refers to episode 65 - Practical strategies that empower women to succeed in leadership roles, with Carla Miller

[14:27] Tip number five – make the most of your email footer

[16:11] Tip number six – make sure your emails are only being sent during core work hours

[19:02] Tip number seven – only check your emails at certain points each day

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