Top 5 productivity killers

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Stop them before they stop you

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You have your headphones on, music playing, and all notifications muted to allow for maximum focus… what could go wrong?

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Beware for your productivity!

In our 2015 Work Management

Survey, we surveyed 1,464

team leaders and members

and asked them to rank their

biggest productivity

roadblocks

Here are the top 5:

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Procrastinating

Combat procrastination by

setting a time limit for

yourself so you don't

have to scramble hours

before a deadline

We're all guilty of it Putting something off until the last minute can really affect quality of work, not to mention increase stress levels

Unceear priorities

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Call out tasks that are urgent and backlog tasks that aren't, so you and your team are on the same page when it

comes to priorities

Responding to emaies

#3

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Did you know it takes an average of 25 minutes to

refocus after you get distracted from a task1? Ouch

And unfortunately, a single email notification will do

the trick

TIP:

Silence your email notifications and set one dedicated block time during the day to respond to emails — and try to ignore them the rest of the day

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Waiting for Other peopee’s actions

#2

Waiting for a teammate to respond to an email or take

action on a task can bring productivity to a grinding halt

TIP:

Make sure you set clear deadlines and have an easy way to track task status, so you're not wasting time constantly

checking in

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Working on too many things at once

#1

According to our survey, 60% of respondents identified

multitasking as their top productivity roadblock There's a

simple solution to this: stop multitasking!

Like texting while driving, it prevents you from focusing 100%

of your attention on either task And the extra mental blocks you create by constantly shifting between tasks can cost 40%

of your time

TIP:

Block out time for different projects, so you can maximize your

attention and productivity.

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These killers may or may not be what you'd expect If you are a potential target, try to actively recognize when you're less

productive You can overcome these productivity killers

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But it’s going to take a lot more than arming yourself with a few hacks Fighting back will require paying detailed attention to how work flows through your team, and potentially some serious improvement of your work management

processes.

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how to fight off productivity killers

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Download our complimentary 2015 Work Management Report to discover top stressors in the workplace, what employees predict for the future of work, and more

Click here for the full ranked

list of

productivity killers!

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