Worth Reading – Productivity and Flexibility Do Not Have to Be Mutually Exclusive
*Clears Throat*
Flexibility can boost overall workplace effectiveness.
I have been beating the drum for years. I know for a fact that I am more productive when my workday has built-in flexibility. I cannot sit at a desk and be productive for 8 hours straight. I don’t honestly think anyone can.
What I can do is be productive for a few hours at a time, at various times of the day.
I can also be productive from anywhere, without having to take time off just because I need to be in a different location.
There seems to be this idea that people in offices are working on productive tasks the entire time they are there, and that working in any other fashion is not productive. It’s never been true. There have always been a ton of people who show up at the office for long hours but do very little productive work. The fact that management couldn’t figure that out was always a failure on management’s part. Failing to be able to figure out that giving people flexibility helps them be more productive in ways that work for them is also a failure on management’s part.
Why would we trust the same leaders who never overcame proximity bias when it came to people who spent more time in the office versus those who got work done to figure out how much flexibility employees should have? They’re not good at any of this.
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