What’s holding you and your people back? Unnecessary rules and procedures apparently! That’s according to a new report from the CIPD. They say that the most common hurdles to employee productivity are …
- Unnecessary rules and procedures (28%)
- Not having the resources available to do their jobs (28%) and…
- Office politics (24%)
Their survey of UK employees also identified the things that allowed people to be more productive in their job as…
- ‘Interesting work’ (40%)
- Being able to use their own initiative (39%) and…
- Being given tasks which complement their skills (25%)
So, what can you do about this? Well, it might seem obvious, but how about these simple questions…
Here are some simple questions to put to your people (and yourself!)
- ‘What’s holding you back’? (Please be prepared that the answer might be ‘you’!)
- What motivates and demotivates you around here (again, be prepared that could be you too!)
- What do you want from your manager?
Simple stuff I know, but it’s clear that lots of people are not asking these questions!
