Be more productive by understanding your work patterns

We would all like to be productive throughout the day, but the reality is that as human beings we have hours where we are able to get more done than others. Understanding these peaks and valleys of energy, and planning our work day accordingly, will help us achieve more and feel better while we’re doing it!

Here are some simple tips for understand and maximizing our work patterns:

• Perform your hardest tasks when you are at your peak. If you are a morning person, then take care of demanding, detail-oriented tasks when you first arrive at work or get up in the morning. If you are the type of person who has a big rush of energy in the hours before bedtime, don’t just sit there watching TV during that time – get some work done instead and you will feel great in the morning.

• Track your energy cycles. To better understand when, exactly, you are at your peak, create a chart with all the hours in the day. Spend a few weeks making note of the times when you have a ton of energy, as well as when you are lacking energy. The resulting chart will show you when you can get the most done.

• Take advantage of flex-time. If your company offers flex-time, and many of them now do, then take advantage of the opportunity to schedule your work around your peak energy hours. This will help you get more done without expending more energy.

• Take breaks when your energy is low. Trying to get work done when you are in a low-energy cycle is not a productive use of your time. In fact, it is like spinning your wheels. Take short breaks throughout the day and reinvigorate yourself so you accomplish EVEN MORE during your upswing periods.

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Does your co-worker or employee need an intervention?

Interventions help people struggling with addiction and substance abuse understand that they have a problem and need to get help immediately. Traditionally organized by friends or family, more and more concerned co-workers and employers are stepping up to the plate and helping save the life of those people they work with who have an alcohol or drug addiction.

And employers have a lot to gain as well. The cost of an intervention, and even paying for an individual’s rehab treatment, is less expensive that terminating their employment, then finding and retraining a new hire.

Here are some important tips for anyone considering a workplace intervention:

• Contact a professional first. Never attempt a workplace drug intervention without consulting a professional interventionist first. These experts can help create a plan of action for the intervention, and insure that everything is handled in a safe, straightforward manner.


• Consult with your employer. Unless you’re the boss, it is essentially that you receive approval from the company before moving forward – especially if the intervention is going to take place on office property.


• Have a plan of action. Hold a “dress rehearsal” before the intervention to make sure who will say what and when during the actual session. Try to elect a single spokesperson for the intervention so that people are not talking over one another.


• Don’t be confrontational. A workplace intervention is not the time to tell the individual in question how angry you are with them. This is a time to be supportive and explain to the individual, in clear but caring terms, that they have a problem.


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