Post by leunas on Dec 17, 2006 2:38:49 GMT -5
Scenario: “Hey, we gotta ask how Sally’s doing every hour of every single day. The best manager check up on their workers, constantly. Yay!”
Sure, checking up on workers might seem beneficial — but doing too much of it, and you’ll drain their productivity like a mofo.
Most “check-ups” add no value to the employee’s work, and instead end up hindering their performance.
According to recent research on such interruptions:
U.S. office workers get interrupted on the job as often as 11 times an hour, costing as much as $588 billion to U.S. business each year.
“But what if my workers need me every second of every day of every freakin’ year?!”
Two things could happen:
1. You haven’t tried “letting go.”
People — that is, good people — want independence to discover the best route to a destination you/your-company/your-client has set.
When you dictate that route, you trash their creativity — and in turn: drain their productivity.
2. You hired the wrong person.
If the person needs constant hand-holding, you probably need somebody else.
A person that needs babysitting will drain your time, resources, and hurt company-wide results.
So when you’re trying to improve the kick-booty rate of your company, use the following template to get your bad@$$ started:
“I will let go.”
www.trizle.com/should-you-check-up-on-your-people/
Sure, checking up on workers might seem beneficial — but doing too much of it, and you’ll drain their productivity like a mofo.
Most “check-ups” add no value to the employee’s work, and instead end up hindering their performance.
According to recent research on such interruptions:
U.S. office workers get interrupted on the job as often as 11 times an hour, costing as much as $588 billion to U.S. business each year.
“But what if my workers need me every second of every day of every freakin’ year?!”
Two things could happen:
1. You haven’t tried “letting go.”
People — that is, good people — want independence to discover the best route to a destination you/your-company/your-client has set.
When you dictate that route, you trash their creativity — and in turn: drain their productivity.
2. You hired the wrong person.
If the person needs constant hand-holding, you probably need somebody else.
A person that needs babysitting will drain your time, resources, and hurt company-wide results.
So when you’re trying to improve the kick-booty rate of your company, use the following template to get your bad@$$ started:
“I will let go.”
www.trizle.com/should-you-check-up-on-your-people/