How’s YOUR Productivity?
Author: Cynthia Kyriazis
Microsoft wanted to know how individuals around the world were faring with their productivity. Microsoft seems the logical group to be asking this question since productivity generally follows technology. So from September, 2004 through January, 2005 they ran a survey called the ‘Personal Productivity Challenge’ or PPC.
The response was phenomenal. 38,000 people in over 200 countries rated their individual productivity by responding to 18 statements about work-related practices.
Here are some of the results:
- Of the people who work an average of 45 hours a week, they consider 17 of those hours to be unproductive.
- The average number of emails received daily: 49.
- Workers spend 5.6 hours per week in meetings. 69% feel the meetings aren’t productive.
- Most common productivity pitfalls: ineffective meetings (46%), lack of team communication, Self Improvement