Key takeaways
- Productivity starts with prioritising the right work; planning is not optional, from the year down to the one important thing today.
- Set quarterly goals per team, plan a month or more in detail, check workloads, and look at the goal every single week.
- TeamGantt tested half-day Fridays over two summers, then moved to a four-day week; work got done and morale went up.
- When someone falls behind, use the plan and baselines to notice the trend, then ask what is going on rather than compare people.
- There is weakness in numbers: keep teams to two or three people and cut meetings that could be an email.
About this episode
“There’s a very big difference between being busy—getting little meaningless things done—versus making real progress toward your goals.”
How do you motivate your team and increase productivity?
It starts with stepping back from the to-do list and looking at what you want to accomplish as an organization, as a team, and—yes—even as individuals with lives outside the office.
In this episode of Time Limit, Brett and TeamGantt cofounder Nathan Gilmore talk about how to take a big-picture approach to productivity so you and your team can thrive in every aspect of life. Listen to their conversation to learn:
- Simple strategies to increase productivity for yourself and you team
- Why having a plan is an easy way to improve team productivity
- The connection between goal-setting and team performance
- How moving to a 4-day workweek impacted productivity at TeamGantt
- How to recognize and handle productivity issues on your team
- One thing that may be getting in the way of your team’s productivity