Getting to "productive" - Deepstash

Getting to "productive"

Productive employees can get work done with fewer resources in less time.

Here's how you can build and maintain a productive business:

  • At the leadership level, clarify goals and priorities for all employees. This ensures the right people are working on the right tasks at the right time, not wasting time on less important work.
  • In the product realm, companies must be biased toward action rather than perfection.
  • At the employee level,  people need to prioritize their work within different quadrants of an "urgent by important matrix."

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