The important of Productivity in Organization
What makes
your company less productive?
Chances are,
your employees know the answer to this one.
They are
quick to respond with issues like endless meetings, overflowing email, and
more.
And yet
management wonders why work isn’t getting done.
Is your
company ignoring productivity problems in the workplace?
Here are the
Top 10 Productivity Problems that Your Company Is Ignoring:
1.
Meetings
Free-For-All – Meetings are the biggest time waster in many companies.
Anyone can call one. They are too long. Most have no agendas. Nor is there
any follow-up. Most companies would be better off without them.
2.
Email
Chaos – Do your employees live in their inboxes? Do they spend the
majority of their day shuffling through email? The email game has become the
modern age version of “paper pushing.” Send enough emails and people will
assume that you are getting work done. (See #5)
3.
No
Deadlines – Are deadlines more like “guidelines” in your
workplace? Project extensions are the norm. Nothing is really delivered on
time. And there are no repercussions for late work.
4.
No
Work-Life Boundaries – Do your employees know where their job ends and
their life begins? If not, they will endure unneeded stress, interruptions,
eventual burn-out. To make this worse, many companies recognize those who
sacrifice their personal life, even if it destroys them.
5.
Rewarding
Busyness Instead of Productivity – Many companies reward busyness. Why?
Because it is easy. It is simple to reward movement, busyness, even commotion.
It takes actual effort to determine who is actually having an impact and
delivering value to the business. (Note: This requires leadership…)
6.
Accepted
Lateness – Meetings are expected to start late. The 9AM meeting
becomes known as the 920 meeting. (Because that is when it actually starts…)
People don’t give a second thought to those that traipse in 10, 20, or 40
minutes late to a meeting.
7.
Work
Environment – Where your employees work great impacts their
ability to get work done. Too many companies ignore this. Noise, clutter,
inadequate facilities. All of these reduce your team’s effectiveness.
8.
Misguided
Policies – Senior leadership (and HR) loves to implement policies without
regard as to the productivity impacts they create. No offices. No closed
door policies, etc. One company I worked with eliminated all offices to
encourage team unity. Within 3 months, no one could get any work done because
they were all over each other. Team members couldn’t even hold a conversation
because they had eliminated all the office walls.
9.
Restrictive
Tech – Technology is supposed to be a work enabler. It is supposed to
allow workers to get more done, not to hinder them. Yet, many companies
continue to struggle with technology. Needless restrictions. Inadequate tools.
And simply non-working systems.
10. Rework – “If you don’t do it
right the first time, you will end up doing it over.” This applies from the
smallest status update to multi-million dollar corporate projects.
Unfortunately, many companies do not learn this until after spending the
millions.
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