Summary: In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Emerson Eggerichs, the president of Love and Respect Ministries and author of the new book <a href="https://www.lifeway.com/Product/before-you-hit-send-P006156676">Before You Hit Send</a>. During their conversation, they discuss email and answer the following questions.<br> <br> * Why do people hate email?<br> * The framework you give is: is it true, kind, necessary, clear. How do these filters help keep you from sending emails you'll regret and being the bane of someone’s inbox?<br> * What are some best practices when handling email?<br> * How do you respond when you send or receive a thoughtless email?<br> * What are some of the worst #EmailFails you have ever witnessed?<br> <br> BEST QUOTES<br> “We are all in the maturation process.”<br> <br> “We are all just beggars pointing other beggars to where the bread is.”<br> <br> “A lot of leadership is learning in front of people.”<br> <br> “We are seeking to emoticon ourselves through life.”<br> <br> “We need to think be thinking before we are speaking.”<br> <br> “Everything we communicate through media is permanent. You can’t remove it.”<br> <br> “Savvy people will outperform savvy policy every day of the week.”<br> <br> “You can say 5 positive things in an email and 1 negative thing, and they are going to fixate on the negative.”<br> <br> “Everything we say now is leaving a digital footprint.”<br> <br> “Email is a cheap message to send, but it is has a high cost after you send it.”<br> RECOMMENDED RESOURCES<br> <a href="https://www.lifeway.com/Product/before-you-hit-send-P006156676">Before You Hit Send</a> by Emerson Eggerichs<br> <br> <a href="https://loveandrespect.com/">Love and Respect Ministries</a><br> <br> <a href="https://hbr.org/2016/02/a-modest-proposal-eliminate-email">A Modest Proposal to Eliminate All Email</a><br> <br> <a href="http://myleadershippipeline.com/west/">Pipeline West: Developing Leaders at Every Level</a>
