1 00:00:00,300 --> 00:00:03,800 Ben Franklin once said time is money waste it 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:06,300 now, pay for it later, and it's true 3 00:00:06,300 --> 00:00:9,000 right even as an individual if your bleeding 4 00:00:9,000 --> 00:00:11,700 in is your bleeding dollars but in an 5 00:00:11,700 --> 00:00:14,300 organization made up of many people the effect 6 00:00:14,300 --> 00:00:17,600 is exponentially greater the cumulative amount of time 7 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:20,700 being wasted or lost a distraction procrastination or 8 00:00:20,700 --> 00:00:23,600 slow unmotivated work could be eating away tens 9 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:26,100 or even hundreds of thousands of dollars from 10 00:00:26,100 --> 00:00:29,200 your bottom line so how can you cultivate 11 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:31,700 a positive work ethic and maximize 12 00:00:31,700 --> 00:00:34,900 productivity in your business well that's exactly what 13 00:00:34,900 --> 00:00:36,400 we're going to show you in this course 14 00:01:18,700 --> 00:01:21,400 the average u.s. office employee spends only 2 15 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,000 hours and 53 minutes on productive work daily 16 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:30,400 85% of workers report being actively disengaged in 17 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:34,300 the office costing us companies 550 billion dollars 18 00:01:34,300 --> 00:01:35,100 from Lost productivity 19 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:38,500 the average employee spends 13 hours a week 20 00:01:38,500 --> 00:01:41,600 attending to emails which means that 28% 21 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:43,400 of the work week is taken by emails 22 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,900 alone these statistics show that productivity is an 23 00:01:46,900 --> 00:01:50,200 increasingly important area that businesses should focus on 24 00:01:52,700 --> 00:01:54,700 this training is going to consist of a 25 00:01:54,700 --> 00:01:57,900 series of critical discussion points these are designed 26 00:01:57,900 --> 00:01:59,600 to cover this broad top I guess there 27 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:02,200 really is possible to encourage growth and these 28 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,800 vital areas and to facilitate a real and 29 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:08,100 fruitful discussion within your organization how about how 30 00:02:08,100 --> 00:02:10,900 you can each improve on this essential characteristic 31 00:02:10,900 --> 00:02:13,200 both at work and in your personal life 32 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:15,800 in general some of these will be pretty 33 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:18,700 lengthy and some will be relatively straightforward and 34 00:02:18,700 --> 00:02:19,000 brief 35 00:02:19,900 --> 00:02:21,900 at the very end of this roadmap comes 36 00:02:21,900 --> 00:02:23,400 the most important final step 37 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:29,000 discussion time do not skip this this is 38 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:30,800 the most important part of this training 39 00:02:32,500 --> 00:02:34,500 when you finish this course you need to 40 00:02:34,500 --> 00:02:36,400 spend at least an hour or so going 41 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:38,400 over the questions we Supply at the end 42 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:41,000 as a group whoever's the head honcho in 43 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,100 the group should designate a facilitator whose responsibility 44 00:02:44,100 --> 00:02:46,600 it is that each question is covered and 45 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:48,900 that everyone time permitting is able to have 46 00:02:48,900 --> 00:02:52,400 their say make sure all contributions are valued 47 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,700 all suggestions considered and all opinions respected 48 00:02:56,900 --> 00:02:59,400 so let's move into the first discussion point