As frank as it might sound, you have to take back control of your focus. What’s the Solution to Getting More Done During the Day?Ĭhanging your company culture isn’t easy and sometimes isn’t possible. If you are in the office, you don’t interrupt someone with every idea or thought you have, right? No, you’d think to yourself, I’ll make a note and chat with them about this if I see them in the breakroom. If it takes someone an average of 23 minutes and 15 seconds to get back to the task, you need to ask yourself: is 23 minutes and 15 seconds worth this interruption? Would I maybe save this thought and combine it with other ideas later in the day? Some people will send you a message at every thought they have. The notion that this tweet conveys extends to your team chat tools as well. Who is that beneficial for? Would you hold an in-person meeting with 30+ people? Some of our customers have told us they routinely have meetings on video with 30+ people. One trend we’ve noticed with video meetings is inviting considerably more people than you would for an in-person meeting. Video meetings and in-person meetings are beneficial at times, but the overuse of them is a clear waste of employee time.

You know that feeling – when you’re locked in, focused, and firing on all cylinders with brainstorming sessions, problem-solving, and task completing. When you are constantly jumping from meetings to a task to another ping from a teammate, you aren’t getting into the “groove” of your work. What the day likely looked like was an open calendar and limited distractions. What was that day like? Was it full of meetings and constant pings from your chat tools? Probably not. Think back to the last time you had one of those days where you felt like you accomplished everything you set out to do.

Your people are your best asset as well, so it’s vital that you protect them. If you look at your total expense at your company, you’ll likely see that human resources is the largest. Have you ever gotten up early in the morning to work on a big project and noticed how much work you can get done without the constant distractions that seem to crop up during the day? Do you ever wonder why that is? It’s because most companies don’t protect their most costly expense: their employee’s time and attention.

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