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Feeling overwhelmed by meetings? You’re not alone. Atlassian’s research shows that 78% of us feel bogged down by them, and half of us are clocking overtime just to keep up. Imagine reclaiming those hours for more strategic tasks and projects. This week in #LoveMondays, I explored how to make meetings more efficient and valuable. Plus, I shared my ‘25% rule’—a game-changing principle I used with my team and as Chief of Staff in a large organisation. Curious about reclaiming your schedule and cutting meeting fatigue? Check out this week’s Love Mondays for all the details in the link below. https://lnkd.in/gmY2s9k9 How do you handle meetings at your workplace? Have any tips or best practices? I’d love to hear them! #meetingfatigue #productivityhacks #meetingefficiency

How do you know if there is a Productivity issue? What are the signs of a Productivity problem? Do you have poor workplace productivity?   Are any of these being observed:   🔴 A backlog of work 🔴 Staff working overtime to get work complete 🔴 Staff working through lunch and leaving late 🔴 Experience staff manage to complete work but junior staff take much longer 🔴 Staff leave soon after being recruited 🔴 High levels of staff absence 🔴 Large number of simple errors in completed work 🔴 Team blame other departments for work issues 🔴 A frequent need to deploy additional temporary staff to keep with work   UK Businesses have lower productivity than other leading countries.   What can be done about it?   What we focus on is 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆. Using the same time more effectively.   🔴 Not by making people concentrate more. 🔴 Not by adding stress to people doing their best. 🔴 Not by ignoring people’s human skills.   The best ways to 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 is with 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.   Automation of the Routine, Regular, Boring tasks performed in the office as part of good business processes.   🟢 Automation enables teams to deliver more work increasing Productivity.   People can focus on the exceptions and having time for the people interaction. #manufacturing #logistics #supplychain #productivity

Is your business doing the best it can? Do you have people at work when you need them? Many organisations find themselves having to manage with historic shift patterns and ways of working that are no longer fit for purpose. This can obviously lead to a variety of challenges, whether excessive overtime, poor employee well-being or reduced productivity. Our consultants can help you improve your business. With our decades of experience in designing and changing shift patterns, combined with accurate data analysis, we can collaborate with your organisations. By better aligning fluctuations and flexibility in labour demand and supply we can reach a balanced outcome, with improved performance and productivity, whilst meeting your people's needs. Contact me if you want to simply discuss your current approach, find out further about our on-site exercises to review current shift pattern working arrangements and the business case for change, or are ready to engage in an improvement program, then we are the shift pattern experts and are able to tailor our support to meet your requirements. https://hubs.ly/Q02z4mGg0 #shiftpatterns #productivity #flexibility #annualisedhours #change #wellbeing

🚫 Enough of the "𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞" mantra! 🌟 Success isn't about being available 24/7 or burning the midnight oil. Yet, many organizations push us into a fervent race, treating everything as a priority and reducing us to mere numbers and strategies. 🤖 This 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐦 has created employees who are no longer competing with their peers but are in a relentless race to become machines or robots. But 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬. We weren’t born to run a race that strips us of our humanity. 🧠💪 Humans possess an incredible 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝-𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐬𝐲𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. When harnessed correctly, this synergy allows us to achieve more without exhausting ourselves. It's not about working harder; it's about working in synchronicity. 🔄 Adopting 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 means tapping into this natural synchronization, prioritizing well-being, and achieving sustainable success. It’s time to stop treating ourselves like cogs in a machine and 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥. ✨ Let’s break free from the chains of workism and rediscover the power of balance and 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠. Join me in exploring how mind-body synchronization can transform your approach to productivity to achieve faster and sustainable success. 📅 Join my upcoming webinar: 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐱 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝 🕒 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 18, 2024 𝐚𝐭 11 𝐚𝐦 🔗 Registration opens soon. Book your calendar! #WorkLifeBalance #HumanFirst #PurposefulLiving #Evolve #MentalWellbeing #SlowProductivity #Detoxyourmind #Burnout

🚩Ways to Deal with Performance Issues🎯 Workers today are experiencing an increase in distractions and interruptions with a decrease in uninterrupted focus time, leaving many working overtime with little to show for it. Focusing on continuously #improving your #skills and #pushing yourself to learn #newthings is a great way to boost your #confidence and help you become the #bestversion of yourself — both at work and at home. Below are some tips which may be useful :- ➡️Set milestones: We need to break those big personal and professional projects into smaller goals, you’ll stay motivated with each victory you achieve. ➡️Plan, organize, and prioritize: Making a #detailedplan in advance is also very useful for identifying which tasks you can postpone for more urgent, valuable tasks, and which ones you can pass off without affecting the result. ➡️Stay focused and avoid distractions: The most productive professionals in the world have named distractions as productivity’s number one enemy. Never lose sight of your #goals. ➡️Learn to manage interruptions: Interruptions come in many forms and learning how to avoid them is vital for improving work performance. ➡️Avoid multitasking: #Multitasking only compromises the quality of work. ➡️Communicate effectively: #Communication is a two-way street. Whenever you’re feeling uncertain or unclear about anything, ask someone. ➡️Recognize your weak points: We all have #strengths and #weaknesses. The great thing about acknowledging your weak points is that you’re able to identify opportunities to improve. Follow Sukrit Wadhawan for more 🚀 #PerformanceIssues #Workplace #AdvanceCareer #ProfessionalGrowth #SukritWadhawan

Meetings, calls, notifications—they’re all part of the job, but they don’t have to control your day. According to a survey, 67% of director-level professionals work overtime due to meeting overload. But you can fight back! Craig Goodliffe shares powerful hacks to help you reclaim your time and boost your productivity. From letting your assistant handle calls to corralling notifications and pursuing growth through elimination, these tips will help you stay focused and succeed. Start your journey to better time management today. Contact Cyberbacker to find out how a dedicated remote assistant can help you stay on track and achieve your goals. Let’s take back control of your time! Comment “control” below! #Launch #LaunchCommercial #CommercialRealEstate #TimeManagement #ProductivityHacks #Cyberbacker #RemoteAssistant

Do you know what your team is doing? 🤷♂️ Most businesses lack that visibility 🙈 Some people have excess capacity while others are working overtime 😮💨 Burnout & disengagement KILL culture 😒 Transparency IMPROVES culture 🌞 Data levels the playing field 📊 Data helps: ✔️PREVENT burnout🧯 ✔️REWARD merit vs politics 🏅 ✔️ENABLE staff who fall behind 👩🏫 Seeing your time compared with peers is eye opening 👀 Teams play better with a scoreboard 🔟 The vast majority of people want to work hard and do a good job 🙌 We make better decisions with our time when we have the data ⏲️ #productivity #timetracking #analytics

Did you know people are efficient for not more than 3 hrs per day? 😱 According to studies examining workplace efficiency, more than half the average eight-hour workday is spent on low-value activities, distractions, or fatigue. So, increasing work hours and working overtime is NOT equal to being more productive! In fact, it’s been proven to have the opposite effect. 😬 Long work hours have been shown to stress employees to the point where they make more mistakes, lose motivation, get sick, or even leave. Longer work hours have also been linked to higher mortality rates! 🤯 This goes to show that the solution is not working long, but working smart. 😎 💪 Pull out that Pomodoro Technique, some time-blocking tactics, and make maximum use of your daily three hours! 😄 What have you done this year that you believe has increased your productivity? Let us know in the comments! #AvilaConsulting #BusinessConsultancy #BusinessTransformation #TimeManagementTips #WorkdaySurvivalGuide #ProductivityTips

Managing workload management as a team What happens when everyone in a team is overcommitted? Teams may have heroes who work hard to catch up. These heroes are often the same people all the time, working late for different reasons - perhaps their skills are needed more, or they have a flexible family situation. Sometimes overtime pay or recognition can encourage this behaviour. ¤¤ As a team, think about how you want to work. ?? Do you want everyone to work within set hours or do you want to work unusually hard together until the next deadline? ?? Do you want a few heroes to step in when setting realistic goals proves difficult? Having this discussion can remove a lot of frustration within a team. This short video is an excerpt from the webinar Time Management and Workload Management: What's the Difference offered by the work360 foundation. If you're interested in attending future webinars, please message Shweta Kelkar. If you want to find out if I can help you or your team improve productivity in a peaceful way, please send me a message or visit my website. #timemanagementskills #timemanagement #time #productivity #womeninbusiness

Is a 14-Hour Workday the Future of Work? The proposed 14-hour workday is a radical shift that demands careful consideration. While it might offer short-term productivity gains in specific roles, the potential negative impacts on employee well-being, morale, and long-term productivity are significant. Intensive work schedule: How will this affect work-life balance and employee burnout? Overtime implications: Will it be financially viable for companies to sustain such long hours? Productivity impact: Can we truly maintain high output under such conditions? Legal and ethical considerations: Will labor laws and moral standards be compromised? What do you think about this controversial proposal? Let's talk about the pros, cons, and potential alternatives. #14hourworkday #worklifebalance #employeewellbeing #productivity #futureofwork #workculture