With some people at work, you click from the beginning. They get you and you get them. Whatever you say, they know what you mean. Then the emails pile up.
The ease with which we can write and send an email means that we often rely on email as our preferred form of communication. As such, emails pour in by the hundreds, and people have less and less time to deal with their flooding inbox.
Achieving anything more than the most basic communication with others through email is next to impossible. Fortunately, there are a few ways to keep from losing that ‘click’ with your colleagues, even when you’re exchanging emails.
You have three main challenges to overcome in order to build, or at least not undermine, your work relationships using email.
Beware of These 3 Email Dangers
Responding In Haste Is A Mistake
You can copy, paste, and respond in haste. Get a message, hit reply, say overseas data what’s on your mind, and send, and suddenly there is no going back. And that’s only part of the problem.
Email Isn’t For Friendly Correspondence
It’s not uncommon to get 100+ messages in a day. The volume of email makes it a huge challenge for anyone trying to get anything done. Warmth falls by the way side and friendliness often takes a back seat to the business at hand.
Unless it is a message between friends or associates who have a it is important to monitor your situation friendly relationship, people just don’t have much time or tolerance for off-topic questions like, ‘how are you, what’s new?’
Emails Make It Difficult To Convey Emotion
Because email is such a convenient form of communication, it is used for almost everything. Yet it lacks the vocal and facial cues — the emotional texture — that tell us what the words mean.
That means it can be hard to tell when someone is being friendly, or they are frustrated, if they are angry or joking, if they are demanding or just being direct. The result is that the writer’s meaning can be easily misunderstood.
There Is A Time And Place For Email
There’s a time and a place for everything, but it isn’t all the time and everyplace. Email is a powerful way to attend to specific kinds of interpersonal messages. For everything else, there are likely to be better ways.
Human Connection Has No Substitute
But there is no substitute for personal contact, and email is too impersonal to give you that kind of connection. Since more and more of our personal and business communication is being done by e-mail, you need to be prepared to communicate in writing in powerful, persuasive and influential ways. And you need to know when to take your relationship offline and make time to ‘click’ personally.
Reasons Your Emails Are Left Unopened
It’s difficult to communicate over email, but even more of a challenge when china data your messages don’t even get opened. Here are a few reasons why your emails are getting trashed or overlooked.
