Six Ways to Nag Without Seeming To: How to Make Sure Your Work Process Keeps Flowing
Published: Tue, 10/11/16
Six Ways to Nag Without Seeming To: How to Make Sure Your Work Process Keeps Flowing
Nagging doesn't really work well, in or out of the office—not when people see it for what it is. For one thing, most people don't care to be told what to do, especially by those at or below their level in a hierarchy; for another, they hate to be pestered, especially when they feel they have plenty of time to get something done. Some people see nagging as a threat to their freedom. They especially dislike the manager who
constantly reminds them of things they need to do, because they view it as micromanaging—as it may be.
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One of the chief bottlenecks of any workplace is what I call “dependencies”:
that is, having to wait for other people to do their jobs before you can move to the next step in your own workflow. Like it or not, you often have to depend on others for answers to questions, for approval or sign-off on work already done, for buy-in on projects or strategies, or simply to put work on your plate. Well, you can’t just sit there and wait: in order to maximize productivity, you need to babysit both yourself and others to make sure that the workflow keeps moving along as it should.
This requires you to create a “tickler” system that not only reminds you to track people down to give them the occasional nudge, but also ensures that you can track them down, no matter what.
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