The right work adds value

The right work adds valueA new survey reveals executives would prefer to see workers engaging in creative collaboration and face-to-face interaction than spending hours on email, to create the most value for an organisation.JLL’s poll of 400 executives from organisations worldwide showed a huge disconnect between how employees spend their work hours and what executives actually consider to be more valuable activities. While staff spend 42 per cent of their time on email, executives rated the activity as contributing only 6 per cent value to the business.Some respondents said their staff spend only 7 per cent of their time on brainstorming activities, yet senior executives rate this activity as contributing to 35 per cent value to the business.Meanwhile, 74 per cent of executives said that thinking, talking and brainstorming create the most value for an organisation, yet only 24 per cent spend most of their time on these activities.JLL said the survey reveals a common mistake among companies: workplaces that encourage staff to be focused on tasks that provide less value to the business.The global poll indicated that employees spend most of their time on emails, phone calls and formal meetings – activities that a traditional workplace facilitates with fixed desks and meeting rooms.JLL said this is an argument for providing the correct type of workspace for employees to increase productivity, which is the key to profitability.