The Snitch

Ever had this problem of facing some work to be done and you don’t know how to do it or you just don’t feel like getting started?

It’s called procrastination and it is the “mother of all bad work habits”, says Angeline Teo, principal consultant for d’Oz International. Work procrastination can easily create a domino effect which may affect someone else’s workflow because you leave your work undone and they have to pick up your slack. That’s work inefficiency and it affects the overall organisation’s productivity.

Alarmingly, another top work habit most of us have is disorganisation or desk clutter. A cluttered desk prevents you from accessing documents efficiently and you waste time and effort to obtain new copies. According to Teo, executives spend up to six weeks a year looking for lost files, documents and emails. So if an organisation has 20 managers who have this bad habit and they are paid $100 per hour, add the numbers up and that’s how much your company is losing every year.

In the video below, Teo tells Human Resources more about the bad work habits all of us are guilty of and the potential consequences to our careers and even personal life.