Monday, May 22, 2006

Wasting Time on the Job: What Leaders Need to Know

Salary.com reports a study that shows how over $759 billion per year is lost through employees wasting time on the job. Interestingly, of the 10,000 workers surveyed, 44% reported using the Internet for personal reasons to waste time, 33% cited LACK OF WORK as their biggest waste of time. You can read about the study here.

Furthermore, as I mention in my book LEADING PEOPLE THE BLACK BELT WAY, research supports the fact that when people are emotionally invested in their job, they tend to waste less time. People who are emotionally uninvested waste more time. It's a simple formula.


BOTTOM LINE: You are losing money because your people are wasting about twice as much time as you think they are, and their doing it because they're emotionally uninvested.

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