{"id":3202,"date":"2019-01-31T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonusbenefits.com\/is-your-need-for-speed-holding-you-back-2\/"},"modified":"2019-06-25T19:05:07","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T19:05:07","slug":"is-your-need-for-speed-holding-you-back-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonusbenefits.com\/is-your-need-for-speed-holding-you-back-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Need for Speed Holding You Back?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Getting stuff done is great, right? Checking those little boxes feels super productive, and super validating. You’re happy because you’re cooking through your To Do list, and your boss will be really happy because surprise! You’re done already!<\/span><\/p>\n

Except that you could be making more work for everybody on the team.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The myth of productivity<\/h3>\n

Many of us have been trained to think that it’s the volume and pace of our work that matters most. But in the frantic frenzy to finish first, we can miss a lot of things along the way.<\/p>\n

I once worked with an intern who was a very stellar person. I liked her immensely. But she was super competitive and fixated on completing her work as quickly as possible. Popping her head into someone’s office to say, “I’m done! Got anything else for me?” was her favorite thing to do. Impressing people with her speed and productivity was how she demonstrated her value.<\/p>\n

The thing is, she was so busy flying through her task list that she was skimping on processes and details. More often than not, the jobs she considered done needed to be fixed or redone. But because she would speed through those processes as well, she was often asked to do or fix things multiple times. <\/p>\n

At this point, staff members would often get frustrated and take their tasks back. Over time, it became apparent this was more efficient than continuing to:<\/p>\n