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Shayle Hughes, the Chief Executive of Learning as Leadership, recently completed a unique experiment. Hughes banned all internal e-mail within her company for a week. Based on the experience she discovered the effective uses of e-mail that improve productivity.
Conveying simple, defined information.
Delegating clear administrative tasks.
Transmitting an attachment.
Documenting or summarizing a completed conversation.