How Do Most Managers Measure Productivity? Hours in the Office or Results?
Posted on Thursday, December 17, 2009 by Guest WriterIn this video titled Come Early, Leave Late, Vinnie asks how most managers measure productivity. Is it about putting in the hours? Is it results? And what’s the right question to ask?
This is one to talk about. Please leave a comment on your view of employee productivity. Is it different from what your manager thinks? Have you seen people get promoted just because they had lots of office time without a lot of results? (Ugh, I hate when that happens.)
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Today’s video is from KnowHR contributor Vincent Ferrari. Vinnie’s not in HR. He’s a regular working guy. Smart, tech-savvy, straight shooter (he lives in the Bronx — the nice part — but it’s the Bronx, and they call people on BS), and a friend of ours. We’re delighted to have Vinnie’s thoughts here at KnowHR. He’s going to start writing as a regular contributor to this site. You can also follow him on Twitter @vincenzof and at his blog Insignificant Thoughts. Don’t say I didn’t warn you about the straight shooter part!
fran melmed
Dec 17th, 2009
the only answer to that question is the classic consultant answer: it depends. vinny can now be considered a licensed consultant.
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Frank Roche
Dec 17th, 2009
@Fran I really liked that he said that question wasn’t answerable without more information. That’s what consultants should say. Doesn’t happen often enough.
Vinny
Dec 17th, 2009
Or at all, as the case may be
Desh Sharma
Dec 18th, 2009
Ah, well, The only question that would probably get cropped up in the manager’s mind and that would be ” Everybody is delivering results, the late one sits at his/her seat, the more serious he/she is about the job”
And, I truly believe that’s one of the very finest way to improve the ” attrition rate”. As the saying goes ” The one who sits late completing the job, is incapable of doing the same”.
Craig Endicott
Dec 18th, 2009
A provocative post Vinny, I really enjoyed it and had to share it with the StepStone customer community on our blog: http://budurl.com/091214.
I look forward to seeing the response that you get