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Did you know that the average employee in the UK completes only 3 hours work each day, irrespective of how many hours they are in the office. In fact, the longer they spend in the office the further their productivity decreases after 50 hours.Whilst according to a study by the Harvard Business Review the average business leader works a 72-hour work week. Does this sound familiar? Productivity in the workplace is a perennial problem no matter the size of the business or organization. There are,

Employees time at work is not unlimited. This makes many employers very strict about what their employees can and cannot be doing during this time. It makes sense to set restrictions and rules to try to improve the productivity in your workplace.Employers can go overboard trying to perfect the productivity in their business and will actually start reducing their employee's motivation, concentration and energy in return, affecting their overall productivity.There are a few productivity improveme

It happens all the time, we sit down to get to work and are overwhelmed by the length of the to-do list. Whether it's on paper or sitting in your head, you are wondering how you will ever be able to get through it all today. Instead of jumping in and banging things out, we typically end up procrastinating.The problem with this is we are keeping all of things we need to do jumbled in our mind or thrown onto a piece of paper. When you don't get your tasks out in front of you and organized, it mak

It's one thing to create a schedule for a single person, but when it comes to keeping schedules, shift plans, task lists and resources scheduled between a large number of people - things start to get complicated.If you are in charge of work scheduling, task or project management in your workplace you know that productivity can suffer if you don't have a full schedule and the information you need. The number one mistake is not using a scheduling system to schedule everyday work, tasks, projects

This resume-building staple is now under assault as researchers study the effects of multitasking on cognitive processes.Whether answering email during a conference call or generating accounting reports while reviewing the day's schedule you are multitasking. Unfortunately, recent studies have questioned whether the practice translates into improved production. So in this article, we'll take a deeper look into the value of multitasking.A Desired SkillAs Daniel Patrick Forrester pointed out in a

Try these top tips to bolster productivity and break up the status quo.Yes, availability is the chief factor in scheduling a meeting or conference call. But once you get everyone assembled, how can you make the most of the meeting? This article provides four methods you may not have considered.Strategise Meeting TimesResearch says 9 a.m. meetings are trouble. In one study by WhenIsGood.net, 2 million responses to some 530,000 scheduled events were examined. According to the findings, 'first thi