MIT researchers discovered that email communication style predicts work performance with 84% accuracy.
Analysis of 2 million work emails identified three things that characterize communication of top performers:
– They assume central network positions
Central email position enables individuals to access a wide range of information.
On top of that, individuals initiating informal interactions beyond formal organizational structure, accumulate social capital and are more effective in collaborative tasks.
– They have high responsiveness to emails
The average number of emails that need to be sent to a top performer in order to get their response is lower.
– They use more positive and complex language
With low emotionality, but rich in influential words that are reused by co-workers.
The study identified three categories of top performers:
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