Productivity doesn’t mean doing more – it simply means that more steps were taken. This could’ve come as a result of increased input where more hours are worked and if so, it may be less productive.
While doing more may seem like you’re more productive, it actually means that you’re performing better at the expense of increased effort – which may be masking a flawed fundamental of workforce management.
What’s The Difference Between Performance and Productivity?
For starters, you could begin making sure that every working hour is aligned with what you produce. Effectively, you buy time with a premium for knowledge, experience and skill.
At the end of the day, you are buying time. So, instead of thinking about how many employees you have or need, shift your focus to thinking about time – hours. How many hours do you need for what’s being produced? Is every hour that you’ve bought contributing towards your outcome?
With the confusion of what productivity means, minimal attention is focused on the hours worked. Therefore, it’s likely that your employees have idle time in their day, being consumed by social media or working double time (when work is being repeated) – and wasting time by working on things that don’t make a difference. Make it a habit to utilize every hour for the right thing, the right way.
Don’t confuse productivity and performance – more importantly, don’t use the two words interchangeably. Productivity is the measure of output per hour worked in workforce management.
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