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How to Keep Employees On-Task When They're OnlineThe three E's will help limit goofing off online at work.

ByChristopher Hann

This story appears in theNovember 2014issue of狗万官方.Subscribe »

Q: How do I monitor employees' personal use of technology during work hours?

A:Nancy Flynn, founder and executive director of the ePolicy Institute, advises entrepreneurs to follow the three E's.

Establish a formal policy.This should clarify with whom employees can communicate during the workday, for how long and for what basic reasons. "You cannot expect employees to be compliant if they don't know what the rules are," Flynn says. "You want to incorporate personal-use rules in every policy."

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