Motivation on the Run

It is interesting that over the last few podcasts, I have been talking about motivating people to be more productive and then a study by Salary.com comes out and shows employees “wasting” over 2 hours a day surfing the Internet. Not 2 hours per week or month, but per day…

Cnet has several articles and an interview with Salary.com’s Bill Coleman about the online study. He talks about the study and what he thinks some of the results mean. It’s a good read, so take the time.

American workers: Lazy or creative? | Newsmakers | CNET News.com

Coleman and crew recently conducted a survey on time wasted at work, and they came up with some intriguing findings. Among them: Personal Internet surfing ranked as the top method of cooling one’s heels at the office. It was cited by 44.7 percent of respondents as their primary time wasting activity, followed by socializing with co-workers (23.4 percent) and conducting personal business (6.8 percent).

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