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Communication, E-Mail Management, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management Mary Colak Communication, E-Mail Management, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management Mary Colak

The Black Holes of Communication

What is your top timewaster? Meetings? Communication? Micromanagers? You may be surprised to know that activities relating to communication typically cost people about two hours of wasted time every day. If you work an average eight-hour day, that’s 25% of your day gone to waste because of poor or mismanaged communication.

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Communication, effectiveness, Efficiency, Lean, Productivity, Workflow Mary Colak Communication, effectiveness, Efficiency, Lean, Productivity, Workflow Mary Colak

If Everything's Under Control, You're Going Too Slow

Mario Andretti, retired world champion racing driver, said: “If everything’s under control, you’re going too slow.” In other words, there has to be flexibility in work in order to achieve maximum productivity. When there is little or no flexibility in work, there is a good chance that the work is being micromanaged. In the workplace, this quashes much more than productivity.

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