I recently read a very interesting article about how to spend less time on email, which researchers estimate can take up around 28 percent of professionals' workdays. One of the recommendations was to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lucy Paulise is executive coach and author of Timebox, based in Texas. Constant email notifications and the urge to respond ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lucy Paulise is executive coach and author of Timebox, based in Texas. Email has become a cornerstone of professional ...

The past two years have changed Americans' relationships to work, the office, and the ever-elusive concept of work-life balance. We've widely become even more aware of how stress can affect our day-to ...

Tech worker Sam, 26, checks his work email once per day at most. “I think you are supposed to check your email three times a day, like once in the morning, mid-day and before you log off,” he tells ...

SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. — “The Four Hour Workweek” author Tim Ferriss posted an item called “The Holy Grail: How to Outsource the Inbox and Never Check Email Again” in which he details how he uses ...

Is it possible to totally unplug on vacation? In the latest episode of Secrets of the Most Productive People, we explore the benefits of a disconnected vacation and how to deal with the email deluge ...

We all know that e-mail is the ‘killer’ application for most organizations and individual users, and is the one communications tool that most users turn to first when communicating with their fellow ...

The steady encroachment of email into all moments of life has been quiet but formidable. A quick glance during a first date. Surreptitiously tapping out a reply during a wedding ceremony. Some even ...

It’s hard to get too excited about pre-OS software, but once you get past that you might want to check out some of the offerings from Phoenix Technologies. I recently tried its FirstWare Assistant ...