Is productivity improvement a hard or soft skill? Is it better, for example, to consider and analyse hard performance data or approach improvement from a softer, behavioural stand point. This is definitely not an ‘either …. or’ scenario. Hard and soft skills are complementary. When we change elements of a process, a system, a procedure or a
I have written a number of blog posts relating to working from home including ones that describe the difference in view of effectiveness of WFH as perceived by employees and their managers. Managers who think staff working from home are not always productive sometimes go to extraordinary lengths to monitor what they think is productivity. They
We know there is a disconnect between the views of employers and employees on the productivity of working from home. Employees are happier and believe they are more productive; their managers are not so sure. Now it seems, that some of those employees are indulging in what has been termed ‘productivity theatre’. They make sure their mouse
Lots of US sports articles talk about productivity of a team, or a quarterback or other star player. Of course, they don’t understand the meaning of ‘productivity’. What they are talking about is ‘performance’. The two are linked but they are not synonymous. Productivity is a ratio of output to input whereas performance relates to output
The UK has a new monarch and a new Prime minister- one avowedly committed to economic growth as the way to climb out off the abyss we are in. But, as yet, apart from the long-espoused commitment to tax cuts, we have seen little evidence of what will create that growth. Where is the infrastructure
Many of us procrastinate. We leave tasks we don’t want to do. And work on simpler tasks that we enjoy - or at least tolerate. If this sounds like you, then read on. The five-minute rule is a cognitive-behavioural technique that tricks the brain into starting something it has been trying to avoid. The rule is that
The UK has a new monarch and a new Prime minister- one avowedly committed to economic growth as the way to climb out off the abyss we are in. But, as yet, apart from the long-espoused commitment to tax cuts, we have seen little evidence of what will create that growth. Where is the infrastructure
We know that meetings suck time snd energy out of an organisation - so why do we have so many. Especially these days when there are so many other ways of communicating without dragging everyone to a central point which requires some of them to leave their offices and travel to that central point, further taking
Simple question asked here. Can you do anything in your break times to help your work performance? Well, of course, you can. Drink water - and keep hydrated. Take a walk. Humans are made to move - not sit still. Breathe. Make positive attempts to breathe deeply and soundly. If you are going to snack, snack healthily.
Bullying does take place in many workplaces. Bullying gets a lot of attention in schools ands colleges - and there are strategies to deal with it and the consequences of it. This rarely happens in the workplace. Most firms don’t know whether bullying happens in their organisation - and, where it might, they usually chose to