Tag: productivity
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Improving workplace productivity, step 2: How interference affects productivity
In our last blog Improving workplace productivity, step 1: Recognising interference we looked at the different constraints within the workplace that stop individuals and teams being as productive as they can be. We talked about how this interference can be either organisational or self-imposed, and discussed the importance of recognising interference as the first step to…
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Improving workplace productivity, step 1: Recognising interference
When your people are not being as productive as they could be, it can be frustrating and sometimes puzzling, both for you and for them. The potential is there but the performance is falling short – and you have no idea why. At Thinking Focus, we sometimes find it helpful to refer to the things…
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Five traits you will find in all the most productive organisations
If, like us, you are lucky enough to work with exceptional companies, you cannot help but look behind what makes them the success they are. And you discover that their success is not an accident but is rather down to obsessive execution underpinned with core disciplines. From our research and observations, Thinking Focus has identified five…
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How to make your team more productive: Start with your shadow
Productivity is one of the key issues encountered by organisations of all sizes, and it’s often one of the most misunderstood, especially by managers. Many leaders look at their teams and at the skills and experience within them, and are baffled that their productivity isn’t greater. But what they’re failing to look at is closer…
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Why a growth mindset is key to productivity
At Thinking Focus, we work with many organisations on issues around productivity. We’ve met some great teams of people with fantastic skills and experience. So why is it that their productivity levels are not as high as they could be? Low productivity is often the result of a fixed mindset. This is a mindset that…
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The Purpose Principle
I was recently visiting a former client’s office: a company I have not worked with for quite some time but where we still have a good relationship and keep each other informed of what’s going on in our respective businesses. It was great to catch up with people and see some old friends. The business…
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How to increase productivity by getting your team more engaged
When it comes to productivity, employee engagement is vital: only employees who have bought in to your ‘why’ will be giving their all to help achieve your aims. When engagement and productivity leave something to be desired, it’s tempting to blame the employee: they haven’t understood, they don’t care enough, their motivation is lacking. However,…
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Important vs urgent: How to have a productive quiet spell
No matter what industry you work in, chances are you have periods when you have less to do. For a lot of us, those quieter times occur routinely over the summer and at Christmas. These are typically the periods when many businesses are focused on covering staff holidays in the short term rather than embarking…
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Why you need to take a summer holiday
As leaders and managers, we all sometimes fall into the trap of thinking we can’t take time away from work. We worry about what might happen in our absence and we look at our ever-growing to-do lists and decide it would be better just to keep at it. With other team members taking their own…
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Five reasons your team are not productive
Do you wonder why your team are not as productive as they should be? Here are five ways you could be running your business with the handbrake on! Lack of Clarity It may seem obvious, but for people to be productive, they need to have a clear understanding of what exactly is expected of them,…