The research says we have more free time than people did a hundred years ago. Your gut says that you’re running from the moment your alarm goes off until your head hits the pillow. What gives? Although we do work shorter hours than many generations before us, the time we have left is broken into
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The premise behind RescueTime has always been pretty simple: You can make better decisions about your time when you know exactly where it’s going. But most people looking at their RescueTime reports are only looking at half a day: the laptop half. The other half happens on a phone, and until recently it was mostly
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About six years ago, we experienced a fundamental shift in how and where work got done. A huge number of roles transitioned to be completely remote or hybrid, but the way many companies evaluate performance is still built around an in-office workforce. Even now, more than half a decade later, a lot of managers continue
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When a new employee starts at Netflix, they spend the full first quarter of their new role being onboarded. The result is an impressive 11% annual turnover rate, less than half the national average of 23.4%. Each new Zappos employee spends their first 4 weeks in intensive training, including taking customer calls for the first
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Most managers worry about their lowest performers becoming a drag on the team. But some of the biggest productivity bottlenecks start at the other end of the spectrum. ​High performers naturally attract work. Everyone knows they’re good at their job, so they’re trusted to make decisions and answer questions. Every time they help, however, they
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The average knowledge worker uses four times the number of tools they used in the early 2000s, but the software surge hasn’t translated to an increase in productivity or employee satisfaction. In fact, 96% of employees are dissatisfied with the tools they have been given to manage their work. Every new workplace tool promises to
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In 1930, John Maynard Keynes famously predicted that by 2030, people would only be working 15 hours a week. Decades later, office computers promised to eliminate administrative work. Email was supposed to speed up communication. Each innovation genuinely made certain tasks faster, but instead of working less, we constantly find new ways to work more.
AI saved you time. So why are you still so busy? Read More »
We’re all familiar with the experience of working for a micromanager. It’s the director who constantly checks on you via your employee tracking software or the owner who feels the need to sit in on every meeting you schedule with a client. These days, some micromanagement takes a more subtle, but still exhausting, form. It’s
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A few years ago, Shopify rolled out a tool that calculated the cost of every meeting based on the length and specific attendees. Include three employees in a 30-minute meeting? The average cost could range anywhere from $700 to $1,600. Throw an executive in the meeting, and the cost shoots up to at least $2,000.
Meetings are eating your margins Read More »
The concept of a ‘second shift’ is nothing new. After working 9-5 (or your standard version of a shift), we come home for part two of the day—making dinner, walking the dogs, packing lunches for tomorrow, and all the other adult duties that keep life running somewhat smoothly. But for millions of Americans, the second
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