Stop Focusing on 40 Hours of Work
Work smarter, not harder
It’s time to kill the notion of worrying about making our employees work 40 hours each week and time to focus on getting at least 40 hours of productivity and results out of them. In today’s “I’m the Boss” I am speaking to the bosses and management out there who get a little too focused on attendance and numbers that don’t matter than real results.
Stop Focusing On the Wrong Goal & Result
As a boss you sometimes get so worked up on when someone clocks in and out and how long they are at the desk. You spend a lot of time and effort making sure they work their assigned 40 hours a week by being at work for 40 hours. It’s the way management has been incorrectly trained for years. This wrong thinking is what leads to frustration and lack of success as a boss and employee. (We’re not talking about fast food or other places that require someone to be standing there helping others during open hours of operation.)
Are You Giving Out Attendance Awards?
How about getting people to produce 40 hours worth of work? What does that look like? Well, that is up to you as a boss, but unless you are handing out “attendance awards” who cares about 40 hours sitting at a computer, phone, or in a cubicle?
