Work smarter, not harder

Any CIO will tell you that hard work and long hours are part of the job. A Center for Work-Life Policy survey bears that out, finding that of the top 6 percent of wage earners in the United States with stressful, responsible jobs, 56% work more than 70 hours a week and 9% work 100 hours per week or more. But it's important to work smarter as well as harder; after about ten hours, productivity actually falls into the negative range. And the price that you pay for working that much is high, including poor health, less exercise, diminished family relationships and high levels of stress. Your management skills, such as your willingness to delegate authority to subordinates, share of employees managed by objective, adaptability to market changes and quality of managers also affect the productivity of the company. And how many of those extra hours are wasted due to pointless meetings or acting reflexively? In the long run, a reliance on long hours can become a liability. The bottom line is that poor management has a direct impact on productivity.

Learn more about working smarter, not harder:
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