Sign #8 - 9 Signs You Have Costly Email Habits

The Reality:

You needed help with email. It made sense to hire an assistant.

Problem is - dealing with your assistant takes up a lot of time. Email communication with them is proving to be time-consuming and you're always on the phone to them getting updates and trying to understand what's been actioned and what hasn't.

In fact, having an assistant has helped in some ways but has created a whole bunch of new problems and yet another person to communicate heavily with via email.

The Consequences:

Without a streamlined approach to working with your assistant via email - you can be creating a whole new work-load that you didn't have before.

The whole idea of having an assistant is to take the time and stress away from you but you still need to action emails and you need to instruct them on what needs doing, and importantly, by when. This takes time.

Are you an assistant? Does the person you help manage find it difficult to keep track of what you're doing? Are their instructions to you unclear or they forget to tell you when they need things done by?

If you automate & streamline your emails with each other as much as possible, you can have crystal clear communication and expectations on delivery and deadlines. This saves confusion and a whole lot of extra work on both sides.