Workplace Distractions: Here's Why You Won't Finish This ArticleWall Street Journal"It is an epidemic," says Lacy Roberson, a director of learning and organizational development at eBay Inc.
What will get in the way of your alignment initiative? The same thing that gets in the way of work...the inability of today's worker to focus.
There are the social media, email, and other electronic distractions however, this article highlights something we've seen reach dangerous levels: overloading of complex projects onto too few people.
For 2013, make one of your resolutions to simplify and balance work from one end of your organization to the other.
How do you know when you have a problem? If people talk as if the measure of success is how many projects you have in house at any given time instead of the number of on time deliveries...you could be drowning.
Letting everyone know that success is measured first and always by delivering products and services.
Measure thruput for you main revenue items. How long does it take start to finish? Watch over time. Are you getting better or worse
Make it a point to notice distractions and set about helping others to minimize and remove them from critical work.
Create "Factory Weeks". Concentrated work weeks focused on a single project or necessary accomplishment.