We all know people - or we are the people - who work a lot. Ten hours a day are normal, twelve is OK and even more is possible. But does more hours make more work done?
I have seen a lot of "around the clock" workers and in my opinion there are two basic categories. About 20 percent are work-alcoholics, these are the people who really do a lot of work without making any fuss about it. They focus on the task to be done, work day and night if needed, and return easily to the normal working schedule (which is for them usually 10 hours a day) when the storm is over. They usually don't like rules or standards very much but can accept them. They are often vulnerable to non professional stakeholders who can't see good performance if it's not advertised well. And these guys don't care about self marketing.
The other - much larger - group is of the work-maniacs. They are often good fellows too, but more dangerous. These people seem to be virtually at work around the clock, especially at nights or even weekends. As a result they lose sense of the importance of time. Talking to them is often time consuming because they have time to discuss all minor points. Work is the same; they love details and often have difficulty to focus on the important issues. Wrong time management make them to neglect tasks which are fare away on the horizon (more then four weeks), which in turn makes them permanent firefighters. They make an impression of being busy, well informed and covering everything, but in fact they are relatively ineffective and waste the time and energy of others too.
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