A long-standing issue seems to be the differences between men and women in the workplace. Everything from pay to stereotypes have been factors that have led to a lack of gender equality, which still exists even at high executive levels. A recent article on Success.com takes a look at...
We Rebels are the primary defenders of our own time. And there's no bigger, more frustrating, energy-squandering time suck than an unnecessary meeting or call -- especially when you're already slammed with competing deadlines. So how can you (elegantly) avoid a meeting or call after you&...
One of the first things Peter Deng did when he joined Instagram as Head of Product is cancel every recurring meeting. This pleases me. Recurring meetings are a colossal waste of time and productivity. We've devoted significant virtual "real estate" here at Ridiculously Efficient to posts...
There are a few workplace staples that are really just necessary evils -- we can't do without them completely, but they continue to kill productivity in their current state. Pulp-PR put together the below infographic, outlining the four biggest workplace productivity killers (meetings, surfing the Internet, email, and...
Meetings are perhaps one of the most unproductive aspects to work life. While unavoidable, they take away precious time from actually completing tasks and force employees to sit in a room with each other where the majority will tune out and pay more attention to their smartphones than the actual...
We've already established that most meetings are just another time suck that get in the way of your productivity. Here are some stats to really drive the point home. The infographic below from project management software provider AtTask outlines nine reasons why meetings suck. First and foremost, nine...
