Thursday, November 23, 2006

Top 10 time-wasters at the workplace

Here are the Top 10 time-wasters at the workplace according to a survey of employees:
1. Shifting priorities
2. Telephone enquires
3. Lack of direction/objectives
4. Attempting too much
5. Drop-in visitors
6. Ineffective delegation
7. Cluttered desk/losing things
8. Procastination/Lack of self-discipline
9. Inability to say NO
10. Meetings

Source: Swingline

I'm sure that you have already experienced some of it but hey, let's zero in on these inefficiencies and get rid of these bad habits before we become crippled by them.

1 comment:

Lisa said...

In the US, I'm pretty sure the biggest time-waster at work is surfing the Internet. I'm surprised that isn't on your list...