What Really Kills Organizational Productivity
I was sitting in a coffee shop on a Thursday afternoon when I overheard two gentlemen talking about work. Not so much about whether client X needed Y, solving a technical problem about a product, or even collaborating on a slide deck. They were deep in discussion about organizational behavior. They went over multiple email and phone communications where they dissected whether the sender was “testing” the receiver, had a hidden message, or had a secondary agenda.
They tried at length — over 2 hours — to divine what these communications were all about. What an incredible waste of time. How many hours a day (whether in the office or remotely) do your employees and teams spend interpreting the meaning behind the meaning of internal communications?
While politics are inherently part of business, time wasted and money lost are typically blamed on inefficiency and lack of productivity. People aren’t working hard enough. They’re slacking off. They’re not really working when they are working from home. This all stems from the perception that people can’t really be trusted to do their jobs without extensive supervision or oversight. (But that’s a debate for another day)
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