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10 Biggest Office Distractions

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10 Biggest Office Distractions

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  1. Biggest Office Distractions Here’s Why You Don’t Finish Your Work On Time

  2. Eating Commercials 2 years 3.66 years This is how an average Joe spends his life: Driving 4.3 years Sleeping 25 years Watch TV 9.1 years Working 10.3 years

  3. At work, average Joe: is interrupted every 3 minutes, getting back on task takes 23 minutes. spends28%ofhistimedealingwithunnecessary interruptions

  4. spends28%ofhistimedealingwithunnecessary interruptions wastes 2 to 3 hours per day 12 9 3 6

  5. Who or What are These Biggest Time Wasters at Work? Meetings Office politics Socializing coworkers 1 in 4 complain that they spend more time in meetings talking about work than actually doing it. 47% feel that office politics take away from their productivity and is one of the top 10 stressors. About 40% say they’d get a lot more done if co-workers would quit stopping by to chat.

  6. “I SCHEDULED THIS MEETING TO DISCUSS THE SCHEDULING OF NEXT WEEK’S MEETINGS.” MEETINGS THE PRACTICAL ALTERNATIVE TO WORK

  7. Emails Internet Office workers check their e-mails 30-40 times an hour. 47% of survey respondents admitted to on-line time procrastinating. 64% of employees visit non-work related websites every day at work. Fixing other’s mistakes ? Conducting personal business

  8. Micromanaging bosses 38% would rather do unpleasant activities — like opt for more work or sit next to someone who eats noisily — than sit next to their boss.

  9. Wrong temperature Research has shown that the ideal office temperature for maximum productivity is 76 to 77 degrees (24 - 25 celsius).

  10. Multiscreen multitasking Multitasking leads to a 40% drop in productivity, increased stress and a 10% drop in IQ.

  11. Lost time = big bucks = stress One hour of distracted time means $10 375 of wasted productivity per person per year. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

  12. Weekdone.com - be a better manager Weekdone is a simple tool for leaders and managers to know and understand their teams better. It's a weekly employee progress report for managers and internal communication platform for teams. Use Weekdone to always know what your co-workers' think and do. Learn more at weekdone.com

  13. Thanks! And feel free to share Sources: 1. David Lavenda - Digital Distractions in the Workplace 2011 2. Facts how we spend time 3. Harvard Business Review, Bergman, 2010 4. Salary.com survey - Why & How Your Employees are Wasting Time at Work 2012 5. Fortune - The three biggest workplace distractions 2013 6. Quantum Learning Solutions - Startling Statistics About How We Use Time 2012 7. The Wall Street Journal - Workplace Distractions: Here's Why You Won't Finish This Article 2012 8. Office of National Statistics, 2012 9. Jennifer Lavoie, Psychology Today study on procrastination 10. Icons - http://thenounproject.com, Dilbert by Scott Adams

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