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Make Sure Your Employees Have Time and Space to Focus.‌ Between scanning our inboxes, checking our phones, and feeling overwhelmed by our workloads, it's a wonder anyone can get work done. To help your employees focus and stay productive, you need to counterbalance these distractions. First, make sure the office has designated spaces where employees can disconnect. You don't have to install nap pods like Google — you can set aside a corner with comfy chairs or rooms where people can close the door and work. Second, encourage employees to block out chunks of "focus time" on their calendars. Tell them it's OK to ignore email or Slack for a few hours; have them use an auto-reply to let people know they're unavailable. ("I'm stepping away from my email to finish this project. I'll be back in one hour.") And set policies around how quickly employees have to respond to messages. The more time they're spending on "urgent" emails, the less time they're spending on deep work. Today’s Tip  Make Sure Your Employees Have Time and Space to Focus Between scanning our inboxes, checking our phones, and feeling overwhelmed by our workloads, it's a wonder anyone can get work done. To help your employees focus and stay productive, you need to counterbalance these distractions. First, make sure the office has designated spaces where employees can disconnect. You don't have to install nap pods like Google — you can set aside a corner with comfy chairs or rooms where people can close the door and work. Second, encourage employees to block out chunks of "focus time" on their calendars. Tell them it's OK to ignore email or Slack for a few hours; have them use an auto-reply to let people know they're unavailable. ("I'm stepping away from my email to finish this project. I'll be back in one hour.") And set policies around how quickly employees have to respond to messages. The more time they're spending on "urgent" emails, the less time they're spending on deep work. This tip is adapted from “4 Ways to Help Your Team Avoid Digital Distractions,” by Amy Blankson Access the very best. With a HBR subscription, you'll get access to 50 of our best-selling articles and a wealth of content and resources, written by the world's leading business minds. View our subscription options Article What Makes a Leader by Daniel Goleman Skills and smarts matter, but emotional intelligence matters more. Subscribers have exclusive access to this and other leadership classics in our 50 best-selling articles collection. Become a better leader Book Good Charts Workbook: Tips Tools, and Exercises for Making Better Data Visualizations by Scott Berinato $35 Learn more Don’t forget you’re entitled to 20% off your first purchase* *Use promo code HBRORGREG3 View in browser Contact us Privacy policy Unsubscribe

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