Get it Done

61 62 63 65 66 67 68 69 70 64 FINISH BREAK THE MOULD Work is like a game of snakes and ladders. Back-to-back meetings followed by hours of playing email catch-up – sound familiar? You're not alone! Microsoft research shows that UK office workers are getting so bogged down in process during the 53 '9 to 5, they struggle to produce anything meaningful. Can you break the mould? 52 51 THINK OF A GREAT IDEA CREATE A WORK LIFE BALANCE 23% they have never made a major say contribution to their employer 8% feel they have made a major contribution to their employer in the past year 54% work during the weekend outside of contracted hours because there 41 42 45 47 is too much to do 4 HOURS Over the weekend, many work approximately hours of unpaid overtime at 2 BILLIUN the weekend every year 40 39 38 37 36 34 33 32 BREAK THE DESK CHAINS THE LADDER TO 'BREAK THE MOULD' 55% 21 do not have the head-space needed in the office to do their best thinking 39% say their organisation needs to rethink how it operates 24 27 28 30 DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY 20 CHANGE YOUR ROUTINE 17 13 12 41% say they are not empowered by their organisation to think differently 30% believe the business would rather of UK office workers consider "a productive 77% T1% day in the office" as clearing email settle for what has gone before rather than do things differently 8. 16% office workers are inspired by their job START THE DAILY GRIND Microsoft Source: YouGov November 2013 ••.. •...