Week 3 Tasks and Productivity PDF

Tasks vs Relationships Productivity Week 3 What sport would you compete in if you were in the Olympics? Agenda Tasks vs Relationships Productivity Attending Tasks and Relationships What do you see great leaders focusing on more? Task Style ❏ Calendars...

Tasks vs Relationships Productivity Week 3 What sport would you compete in if you were in the Olympics? Agenda Tasks vs Relationships Productivity Attending Tasks and Relationships What do you see great leaders focusing on more? Task Style ❏ Calendars How organized and timely are ❏ To-do lists you with house chores? ❏ Daily planners ❏ Goal-setting Relationship Style ❏ Connection with other people How often do you text or meet ❏ Celebrating relationships up with your friends? ❏ Strong interest in present rather than future ❏ “Relationship junkies” Breakout: Discuss your style and WHY? Task vs Relationship Leadership Task vs Relationship Leadership Theories Task: Relationship: - Initiating structure (Stogdill, 1974) - Consideration behavior (Stogdill, 1974) - Production Orientation (Bowers & - Employee Orientation (Bowers & Seashore Seashore 1966) 1966) - Concern for Production (Blake & Mouton - Concern for People (Blake & Mouton 1964) 1964) >> influencing followers towards goal 1) Treating followers with dignity and achievement respect. 2) Building relationships and helping people get along. 3) Making the work setting pleasant place. Productivity Definition Productivity, in economics, measures output per unit of input, such as labor, capital or any other resource – and is typically calculated for the economy as a whole, as a ratio of gross domestic product (GDP) to hours worked. Labor productivity may be further broken down by sector to examine trends in labor growth, wage levels and technological improvement. Corporate profits and shareholder returns are directly linked to productivity growth. At the corporate level, where productivity is a measure of the efficiency of a company's production process, it is calculated by measuring the number of units produced relative to employee labor hours or by measuring a company's net sales relative to employee labor hours. Strategies to increase productivity (Collaborate on the whiteboard) TED Talk  Pareto Principle Individual - Also known as the 80/20 rule - Roughly 20% of effects come from 80% the Productivity Tools causes - Champagne Glass effect (80% world’s income controlled by 20% of population. 60/60/30 Rule - 60 mins of work (50 mins + 10 mins of break) - 60 mins of work (50 mins + 10 mins of break) - 30 min break 50 mins of highly focused work + no distraction = efficiency Pomodoro Assistant - Chrome Extension Toggl Breakout: What are your suggestions on staying productive? What are your tools? Outsourcing PROs: Control capital costs. Cost-cutting may not be the only reason to outsource, but it's certainly a major factor. Increase efficiency. Reduce labor costs. Start new projects quickly. Focus on your core business. Level the playing field....Reduce risk. Outsourcing is an agreement in which CONs: one company hires another company to Confidentiality Risk. be responsible for a planned or existing Loss Of Control Of That Function. activity that is or could be done Lack Of Internal Talent Development For Outsourced internally, and sometimes involves Task. transferring employees and assets from May Be More Costly. one firm to another. Next week’s ➔ Read Chapter 8: Establishing a constructive climate assignment ➔ Voluntary ONLY: WallStreet Journal Podcast: Why the James Webb Telescope nearly didn’t make it ◆ https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/the-jo urnal/why-the-james-webb-telescope-n early-didnt-make-it/ad75332c-1f04-4b 48-8b33-8bd7a709187d ➔ Assignment: Read HBR article about the value of belonging and share your thoughts (200 words or less)