Any work environment comes with plenty of distractions — from social media to texting friends and family to gossiping with co-workers. But distractions are multiplied in a home office setting. The key is creating clear boundaries between your office and the rest of your home — both physically and mentally. Set personal office hours, during which you refrain from multi-tasking non-work projects, like laundry, bill paying, personal phone calls, or even walking your pet.
Read MoreYour best employees may only be doing their best work about one-quarter of the day.
A new survey from Asana finds employees, on average, use 27% of their day doing skilled work. Another 13% is used for strategic planning. But that leaves another 60% of their day.
What’s occupying that time? A lot of wasted efforts, the employee productivity statistics in the survey reveal.
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