People have other responsibilities besides reading e-mail. If you require an immediate response, it may be best to simply pick up the telephone and call the person. Avoid Anger in Your Communication - A very big temptation when speaking to a machine or dashing out a message on your computer keyboard because you are not face to face with the other person. A knee-jerk message could cause a great offense. You may wish you had not left the angry words on someone s voice mail or so quickly sent that sarcastic e-mail message.
Many companies believe managers can automatically become good leaders.
One of the major causes of turnover and low morale is bad leadership. Most companies end up spending more money on recruiting replacement employees than spending time developing their supervisors into better leaders. Changes in the business environment were at one time, orderly and incremental. They are indiscriminate and much more dramatic now. This situation calls for more than managers it requires leaders.