{"id":815873,"date":"2024-12-30T04:22:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T10:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/30\/lets-end-toxic-productivity\/"},"modified":"2024-12-30T04:22:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T10:22:56","slug":"lets-end-toxic-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/30\/lets-end-toxic-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s End Toxic Productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<p><hero-image><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/resources\/images\/article_assets\/2024\/10\/Nov24_01_82859202.jpg\" alt title aria-label  ><\/p>\n<p><span>Thomas Jackson\/Getty Images<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/hero-image><\/p>\n<page-utils data-js-target=\"page-utils\" data-id=\"tag:blogs.harvardbusiness.org,2007-03-31:999.394416\" data-title=\"Let\u2019s End Toxic Productivity\" data-url=\"\/2024\/11\/lets-end-toxic-productivity\" data-topic=\"Work-life balance\" data-authors=\"Jennifer Moss\" data-content-type=\"Digital Article\" data-content-image=\"\/resources\/images\/article_assets\/2024\/10\/Nov24_01_82859202-383x215.jpg\" data-summary=\"\n\n<p>How senior leaders can save their teams \u2014 and themselves \u2014 from the unhealthy compulsion to be productive at all times.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/HarvardBiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" js-target=\"twitter-share\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i>\t<svg class alt aria-labelledby=\"title\">\n\t<title><\/title>\n\t<use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/resources\/css\/images\/hbr-icons.svg#updated-twitter-x-icon\" \/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Post<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HBR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" js-target=\"facebook-share\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i>\t<svg class alt aria-labelledby=\"title\">\n\t<title><\/title>\n\t<use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/resources\/css\/images\/hbr-icons.svg#updated-facebook-icon\" \/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Post<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/harvard-business-review?trk=biz-companies-cym\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" js-target=\"linkedin-share\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i>\t<svg class alt aria-labelledby=\"title\">\n\t<title><\/title>\n\t<use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/resources\/css\/images\/hbr-icons.svg#updated-linkedin-icon\" \/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li js-target=\"annotate-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a js-target=\"handle-mindstone-click\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i js-target=\"mindstone-icon-black\">\t<svg class alt aria-labelledby=\"title\">\n\t<title><\/title>\n\t<use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/resources\/css\/images\/hbr-icons.svg#mindstone-icon-black\" \/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Annotate<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" js-target=\"save-flyout\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i>\t<svg class alt aria-labelledby=\"title\">\n\t<title><\/title>\n\t<use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/resources\/css\/images\/hbr-icons.svg#updated-save-icon\" \/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Save<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/#\" js-target=\"pdf-download-link\" data-reprint-product-id=\"H08GC0-PDF-ENG\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i>\t<svg class alt aria-labelledby=\"title\">\n\t<title><\/title>\n\t<use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/resources\/css\/images\/hbr-icons.svg#updated-download-icon\" \/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Get PDF<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/product\/let-s-end-toxic-productivity\/H08GC0-PDF-ENG\" js-target=\"buy-reprint-link\" data-reprint-product-id=\"H08GC0-PDF-ENG\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i>\t<svg class alt aria-labelledby=\"title\">\n\t<title><\/title>\n\t<use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/resources\/css\/images\/hbr-icons.svg#updated-buy-copies-icon\" \/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Buy Copies<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/javascript:window.print();\" js-target=\"print-article\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i>\t<svg class alt aria-labelledby=\"title\">\n\t<title><\/title>\n\t<use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/resources\/css\/images\/hbr-icons.svg#updated-print-icon\" \/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Print<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/page-utils>\n<p>\n\t\t<span><\/p>\n<p>Toxic productivity is an unhealthy compulsion to be productive at all times, often at the expense of our mental and physical well-being, relationships, and overall quality of life. It\u2019s a common sentiment in today\u2019s work culture, where the drive to be constantly productive is often celebrated, if not expected. But this mindset isn\u2019t just harmful; it\u2019s dangerous. People are already struggling to meet their core job requirements, but when you factor in a staggering\u00a0192% increase in weekly meetings post-pandemic, it becomes significantly more challenging. We are over-meeting, over-looping, and over-collaborating \u2014 one of the worst work habits brought on by the crisis. Despite the longstanding perception that more hours worked means higher productivity, data and research are finding otherwise. Leaders play a crucial role in either perpetuating or breaking this cycle of toxic productivity.<\/p>\n<p><\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<content js-target=\"article-content\" data-key=\"l79YNYGJmoGrVozrPbWwkTQQLvVfxfnpFqDRCTyMHIQ9z7DL2UoDdmqI0pnN1SDT\" data-index=\"BM5l29iJY6Ee+8B2yfNlrdgbvN4VLOJhHh\/T44P8lW6m2Vik5pA89kZg7KaNTok6pjGyn+wOk8PVBM7V8zCaHA==\" data-waiver=\"false\" data-page-year=\"2024\" data-page-month=\"11\" data-page-seo-title=\"lets-end-toxic-productivity\" data-page-adunit-locations data-page-slug=\"article\" data-piano-verified=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll sleep when I\u2019m dead.\u201d I\u2019m embarrassed to admit that this is a line I used to repeat, whether to justify working until 2:00 am to hit a deadline or squeezing in just one more email or skipping meals because \u201cI don\u2019t have time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/content><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Jennifer Moss <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2024\/11\/lets-end-toxic-productivity\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Jackson\/Getty Images Post Post Share Annotate Save Get PDF Buy Copies Print Toxic productivity is an unhealthy compulsion to be productive at all times, often at the expense of our mental and physical well-being, relationships, and overall quality of life. 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