Manage Boundaries Better With Your Team

More than 75% of the time, employees see contact by a colleague during off-hours as an unwelcome intrusion. Managing such interruptions is a challenge for leaders when the line between people’s work and home lives becomes blurred. Managers must learn how to better manage these boundaries — for themselves and their teams. This article offers three strategies for navigating this territory: drawing better boundary lines, sticking to them, and managing unavoidable intrusions.