CLEAR THINKING, LESS FLUFF
Want more productivity? Stop using corporate speak.
We no longer say what we mean in the workplace, and it is costly.
You have no doubt been subjected to corporate speak. And worse, you’ve probably been guilty of it too.
Across white-collar Australia, we sit in meeting rooms nodding to language that we do not understand. Graduates generate unnecessary work blindly chasing directives that are fluffy and nice. And executives make poor decisions because no one was brave enough to state an uncomfortable problem clearly.
It’s not where you work, but why.
As job demand eases and power swings back to employers, CEOs are making their message clear. They want workers in the office. Or as some call it, “working from work”.
Proponents of mandatory office returns typically deploy three main arguments: the need to lift employee productivity, the importance of coaching junior employees, and the benefits of spontaneous collaboration and “corridor conversations”.
Keep pay simple. Motivate with meaning.
Think back to the financial year just passed: Was your best work motivated by your individual performance incentive? If your salary had been commensurate but fixed, would you have been less effective? And was all the time and energy you spent on performance bonuses for your team really worth it?
In some jobs – think sales – the case for performance-based incentives is more obvious. But if the work you do is more intangible – strategic, creative, collaborative – can your contribution really be accurately determined?
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