The hamster revolution: how to manage your email before it manages you (1st ed.)

Offers an easy-to-implement solution to a problem--e-mail and information overload--that plagues millions of people- Draws on the authors' extensive experience working with major corporate clients- Includes a real-world case study of how the principles in the book were implemented at Capital OneDo you spend so much time dealing with e-mails--reading them, writing them, responding to them, responding to responses--that you feel like you're just going round and round and getting nowhere?

Meet Harold, an HR director so overwhelmed by email he feels like a hamster on a wheel.

Just in time, Harold meets a coach--a leading expert on email efficiency and etiquette with a simple system that helps Harold eliminate needless emails, write better messages, and file and find information in a flash.

He gets immediate results--and reclaims his life.This delightful and much-needed fable is based on the authors' extensive experience helping employees at companies like Clear Channel, Procter and Gamble, and Pfizer manage e-mail more efficiently.

The book includes a remarkable case study of the authors' work with Capital One, where employees estimated they saved thirteen days a year by applying Hamster Revolution techniques.

This book is perfect for time-starved professionals eager to restore balance and order to their busy lives.