Effective email management is a critical skill for faculty and academic leaders managing constant communication. This section provides tools to help streamline email workflows, reduce overload, and maintain responsiveness without sacrificing time for high-value tasks. Explore Just in Time resources for immediate improvements to inbox efficiency and communication clarity, or take a look at Deeper Dive for more comprehensive strategies to build sustainable and strategic email habits that support academic leadership.
Just In Time
These Just In Time resources are ideal if you only have a couple of minutes to start finding out about Email Management.
How to manage your email effectively
Three-rule method helps users tame inbox overload by implementing structured email routines.
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Strategies for organizing your email inbox, reducing digital clutter, and managing messages effectively to improve productivity and reduce stress
Email management strategies to help physicians handle increasing message volumes while maintaining focus on clinical and academic responsibilities
Email management’s impact on physician stress and strategies to reduce administrative burden
Deeper Dive
If you have more time to invest, these Deeper Dive resources are longer and/or more in depth so you can gain a deeper understanding of Email Management
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3 Radiology Leaders Offer Key Tips to Prevent Providers From Drowning in Email (Link)
3 Radiology Leaders Offer Key Tips to Prevent Providers From Drowning in Email
This article presents strategies for managing healthcare email overload including the “five D’s” approach.
M O’Connor. December 2020.
4 Simple Steps to Managing Email (Video)
4 Simple Steps to Managing Email
Duration: Approx. 5 mins
Four steps to overcoming email overwhelm and establish a more productive relationship with digital communications
Getting Organized in the New Year: Tips for Managing Email (Link)
Getting Organized in the New Year: Tips for Managing Email
A microlearning module featuring interactive exercises to help you master email management.
Mayo Clinic Laboratories. January 2025
UW Madison - Effective Emails (Free Course)
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Learn best practices in writing business emails that effectively share the message you want to convey and the responses you need. You will focus on writing subject lines, using a tone that matches your message and organizing and formatting the email for the reader.
Wasting too much time with emails? Do this (Video)
Wasting too much time with emails? Do this.
Duration: Approx. 10 mins
Comprehensive guide teaching Microsoft Outlook automation techniques to help users gain control over their email
L David. October 2022.