International email expert Dr Monica Seeley has launched a guide to help office workers reclaim their lives from their inbox based on findings from the recent โLean Backโ survey*, which revealed 99% of people check their email after leaving the office, questioning the state of our working life based on our use of email in and out of the workplace.
The survey found that in particular there is an issue with email management identified by the surprising numbers, which show 99% of those surveyed check email after leaving the office, many checking multiple times. Half of those surveyed checked their email before bed, causing concerns over the rise in poor sleep patterns due to work-related stress. The survey also revealed that 33% of us check emails at the weekend and more than 37% check our work emails while on annual leave, and as a result feel overworked, undervalued and struggle with stress-induced health concerns.
As a result, Dr Seeley has collaborated with Marcham Publishing to launch a comprehensive solution to the issues raised. The Executive Secretary Guide to Taking Control of Your Inbox is the first book in a series that is set to help office workers save time dealing with their emails, and reclaim their lives from the inbox. The series offers exclusive tips and advice from world-renowned specialists, helping to advance professionals across the world to reach extraordinary efficiencies and success.
The first book sees Dr Seeley, also known as the โEmail Doctorโ, lend her 20 years of knowledge and expertise in combatting email overload, referred to by some as the disease of the 21st century. With research suggesting almost 47% of us are spending half of the working day dealing with emails, Dr Seeley provides the perfect antidote to a concerning email epidemic. Offering strategic help and guidance that has previously been tailored to and adopted by her international clients, with whom she is renowned for helping save at least 40 minutes spent on emails per person, per day.
Dr Seeley, who is also the author of Brilliant Email among many other books on email best practice said: โTaking Control of Your Inbox is dedicated to all those PAs and EAs who spend much of their day managing their own and their bossโs bulging inboxes. The book tells them how to clear and organise their inbox as well as their bossโ, free themselves of email overload, and much more so they can truly disconnect from their inbox. Email management is essential to the success and sanity of any PA or EA. In fact, itโs essential to the success and sanity of most professionals no matter what area of industry they operate in.โ
Lucy Brazier, CEO of Marcham Publishing said: โ’The Executive Secretary Guide to…’ pipeline includes easy to access information in an easy to read format on a variety of topics vital to assistants. The book series really is world class, and I am extremely excited about the prospect of PAs having access to such quality information, and how this will assist them in their development and progression professionally and personally.โ
For more information, or to obtain a copy of Taking control of your inbox, please visit amazon.co.uk/dp/152270860X.
