How to Improve Workplace Productivity

In a recent survey, 58% of 10,600 employee respondents said they spend about five hours a day performing busywork instead of the work for which they were hired. The respondents said this so-called “work around work” included attending pointless meetings, performing duplicative tasks and answering unnecessary emails and other workplace communications. In total, the employees said they spend only 33% of each work day doing the skilled work they actually were hired to do, with the balance of each day devoted to strategic planning.The survey — performed by Asana, a work-management platform — also revealed an equally alarming statistic: Workers said