«We allow consumption, so long as
people get work done.
Or is it rather an organization of
people getting work done?
We've already started to see a backlash to this; companies need to better calibrate the use of open space alongside private space, while also finding ways to incorporate different moods and settings that can help
people get work done differently throughout the day.
Good exercise perhaps, but how can
these people get any work done?
She believes the standard could be a boon to employers by making workplaces more productive, since it takes a preventive approach to the types of cultural and interpersonal problems that can interfere with
people getting their work done.
Not exact matches
When they say that, they mean that they want the
people reporting to them to follow their orders and
get their
work done without needing a hug to make to happen.
When I tell
people that I
work remotely, and that I manage a team of remote workers from my backyard, I always
get the same response: «how
did you land that gig!»
Keep in mind that
getting the most
work out of
people doesn't necessarily you're
getting their best
work.
All I was
doing was other
people's
work all day long, and I never actually
got to the things that I wanted to accomplish on that given day.»
Some customers and airlines say the policy gives
people traveling for business a better chance to
get work done or grab a nap.
Because, in my mind, if
people don't have any other passions, I don't think they can really
get passionate about
working on Drupal or
working at Acquia.
I am a mosquito researcher who lives and
works in Florida, and when I tell
people what I
do for a living, I
get all sorts of questions.
The best advice I have received and believe in is to hire great
people, share your vision for the company, provide clear direction and expectations, then
get out of the way so they can
do their best
work.
When a one -
person business
gets to a bigger size, the owner doesn't have enough time to
do the additional
work that needs to
get done.
You hope to find
people with the right personality to
get along with you, the skills and motivation to
get work done and the aptitude to progress.
You probably don't know any small business owners who enjoy hiring
people when they
get busy and then firing them again if there isn't enough
work to
do.
You'd think that even in these crazy times of radical change most
people would have learned to stick with what has
worked for them — at least until it doesn't
work any longer — and also to hang on to the advisors, the tools and the techniques that
got them to where they are.
... while many voluntary conditions don't affect our happiness in the long term because we acclimate to them,
people never
get accustomed to their daily slog to
work because sometimes the traffic is awful and sometimes it's not.
As governor of the nation, Trump would need to surround himself with politically experienced
people and be willing to
work with both Democrats and Republicans who hold different opinions and values than he
does in order to
get things
done.
«And I was so excited to be able to email my former assistant — she
got married and moved to Sweden, doesn't even
work here anymore — and tell her, «
People love Cloud Paint, those colors are really good, and you
did a great job.»
The times when I haven't is when I was
working too hard, dealing with
people I didn't like,
getting my creativity crushed over and over, and so on.
If your aim is to be more efficient,
getting more
work done in less time, there are certainly no shortage of
people who claim they can help you.
Turn off your phone, check email at designated times each day, and when you
get those requests from
people who don't seem to
get that you're really
working (especially relevant if you
work from home), let them know that your boss is benevolent but not a pushover.
But instead of listing out ways to be more productive or
get out of
work one hour earlier, I'm going to take a look at what really successful
people do instead.
For example, what we can
do in some cases is
get people to
work on papers.
Instead of requiring
people to
do the
work exactly how you would have, respect and appreciate the varied styles your teams use to
get to the end result.
My point here is that
people are
getting lazy when it comes to communicating and I see that as an opportunity for those of us who are prepared to
do the
work.
«You've
got to learn how to recruit a team, you've
got to learn how to
work with other
people, and you've
got to learn how to
get good stuff
done.»
Some
people struggle to
get work done because they need a hum of noise around them and the office is too quiet.
Perhaps the point of contact you despise leaves and is replaced by someone who's more pleasant to
work with, or, better yet, the
person you
do enjoy
working with
gets a better gig at a competitor and sways his or her new company to hire your firm.
Domise says there are cases when healthy
people can excel in their old age in jobs, but no one should make
working late in life part of their retirement plan, because you just can't count on having the physical ability and
get - up - and - go to
do it.
If you lead a company and
get complaints that
people don't like you,
work on becoming a better
person.
Philanthropist Agha Hasan Abedi said it well when he wrote, «the conventional definition of management is
getting work done through
people, but real management is developing
people through
work.»
Some good books to start with are Deep
Work,
Getting Things
Done, Eat That Frog, 7 Habits of Highly Effective
People, The Power of Habit and The Miracle Morning.
They mean
people they actually know and
work with in real time because they're the ones that actually
get things
done.
As sectors become better at what they
do, they often require fewer
people to
get the
work done.
At
work, there's always a little extra that needs to
get done before the holidays, and once you're
done clocking your hours, you have to find, buy, and wrap presents for everyone you love and probably even a few
people you don't.
Great business relationships are created when
people work together toward a common goal — and are able to count on one another to
do their part, meet commitments, and
get things
done.
If you don't
work to
get the wrong
people out of the company quickly, you're only really
working on half of the business.
I don't just go to
work every day; I
get to learn from
people that I
get to choose to have around me.
I liked what I
did, but
working in jammed quarters with ten
people (and one stinky bathroom) and being told when to show up and when I could go home was
getting old.
To keep this from happening, HR
works with the employee's doctor and pushes to
get the
person released to
do some kind of
work — any kind of
work, to make them come back to the office.
People want to feel happy and hopeful, so if you're optimistic, they will tend to want to
work with you,
do business with you, and
get to know more about you.
I've found that entrepreneurs, unlike smart
people,
get focused on
working with whatever they have at hand and
doing one important thing at a time.
As I recently wrote in «The IRS Wants to Know If Your Freelancer Should Be
Getting a W2,» before
working with a freelancer you want to make sure to look at a number of factors including: one) whether the
person you hire is truly a freelancer, two) whether you have financial control over the
person doing work, three) the extent of control you have over the freelancer's day and four) how the
person's
work gets performed.
Lots of
people get involved romantically with co-workers and it doesn't always
work out that well.
And if certain
people or situations
get your blood boiling (and you don't need them for your everyday
work), why not simply avoid them to the extent possible?
In order to
get things
done with speed, you have to
work with
people from a lot of different groups.»
Think about it: How
people find jobs, build skills, sell, market and
get work done and ultimately find success requires a connected professional world.
That means a cookie baking mania or mountain biking obsession isn't just a great way to
get in the flow, reduce stress, recharge your creative batteries, and
do better at
work, it also will fundamentally make you a better, tougher
person.