How empty is your desk?
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Many years ago I worked together with a manager whose philosophy was that a good worker is recognizable by the emptiness of her/his desk. So every day the manager walked through the offices to ensure that the desks were empty. Every time he did see a desk with something else then keyboard, mouse, monitor and phone on it he just wiped everything with one big swoosh off the desk. All the papers sorted neatly during the day landed on one big pile. Can you imagine how soon afterwards the demand for drawers increased rapidly? And how five minutes before people called it a day they got really hectic—throwing their papers into the drawers. Increased productivity?
My desk has its empty spots and its not so empty spots. Only a genius controls the chaos!
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Many years ago I worked together with a manager whose philosophy was that a good worker is recognizable by the emptiness of her/his desk. So every day the manager walked through the offices to ensure that the desks were empty. Every time he did see a desk with something else then keyboard, mouse, monitor and phone on it he just wiped everything with one big swoosh off the desk. All the papers sorted neatly during the day landed on one big pile. Can you imagine how soon afterwards the demand for drawers increased rapidly? And how five minutes before people called it a day they got really hectic—throwing their papers into the drawers. Increased productivity?
My desk has its empty spots and its not so empty spots. Only a genius controls the chaos!
How empty is your desk?
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14:54 on Monday, March 28th, 2005
When I got to the new place, I found that I had plenty of room. I filed everything carefully. So far, I have kept my desk cleaner than it has ever been.
That said, your old colleague is in serious need of therapy. Different people work effectively in different ways. Assuming that the employee conforms to corporate standards and does his job well, lay off and embrace diversity.
14:54 on Monday, March 28th, 2005