Enhancing productivity, both personal and team, doesn’t require innovative ideas, authoritarianism, or monk-like discipline. It starts with simply respecting everyone’s time, including your own.
From Seth:
- Show up on time. Leave when the work is done.
- Respect synchronized time. If you can put it in a video instead of saying it live, please do.
Perfect. No more needs to be said.
I’ll add three of my own specifically for leaders:
- Make objectives, or at least the endpoint, clear and socialized. It doesn’t mean formal or corporate objectives. It just means whatever you’re trying to do at this time.
- Swat the flies. Keep them shielded from unnecessary external requests, distractions, and noise.
- Respect work-life integration.
Respecting their time means allowing them to spend it as they need.
P.S. Wasting time and respecting time are not diametrically opposed. Sometimes, “wasting time” is exactly what you or the team needs.
