03/17/2017

Managing Organizations: Your Organization Wastes Time

Here's how to fix it

A year into their jobs, how many employees still have the unbridled energy and enthusiasm that they brought with them to their first day on the job? How many still believe they can make a difference?

Unproductive routines, corporate bureaucracy and “administrivia” kill ambition and sap energy for far too many employees. That’s demoralizing for employees and a waste for companies, which badly need all their workers' full energy and commitment.

The novelty of any new job will wear off, but employees can remain energized and engaged if companies attack the true causes of organizational drag — all the practices, procedures and structures that waste time and limit output — not just the symptoms. The symptoms may seem to be minor annoyances and inconveniences that could be wiped out without much effort — too much process, too many meetings, meaningless goals and time wasted on work about which no one will ever care.

Please click here to read the article in its entirety on The Harvard Business Review.