Turning the Screw – How To Get More Work Out Of Your People. Getting Them To Work Faster, Harder, Cheaper

Idea: Beyonce Time: Help Employees Volunteer for Work-Life Integration

Managers, are you frustrated when workers prioritise menial tasks like sleep, family or hobbies over work deliverables that require that extra level of commitment? Of course you are – such divided focus just won’t suffice for excellence.

Well I’m here to share an enlightened paradigm called Beyonce Time where employees feel intrinsically driven to devote non-work time to professional development…by their own volition! It goes like this:

• Casually question whether they truly “believe” in their career if they don’t wake up motivated to check their email at 4am daily (including weekend and vacations)
• Frame rush hour commutes as prime opportunities to soak in motivational podcasts or review case studies on how the greats sacrificed personal lives to actualize their potential.
• Suggest forming offsite Ideation Social Clubs to brainstorm innovation fueled by “workcations” at the office on weekends
• Invite them to use their lunch breaks to get together to discusss work-related issues.

See, you’ve opened their eyes to integrated purpose, without comapny-led mandates! They freely blur work/life lines to unlock next level greatness themselves in this nurturing culture!

Sure, this mind manipulation to dominate personal time seems unethical…but that nagging voice inside all of us should know true fulfillment comes from professional actualisation with whoever owns our livelihood! Just don’t explicitly state that last part out loud if you actually want to retain top talent long term. People are so gullible!