This analysis shows how entrenched beliefs can sabotage our well-being in spite of great evidence to the contrary. With higher focus, these employees ended up getting more work done in less time, left work earlier in the evenings than the rest of their colleagues, and reported a much less stressful overall experience during the busy season. Their turnover rate was far lower than that of employees in the rest of the firm. Senior leaders were aware of the results, but the firm didn’t ultimately change any of its practices. “We just don’t know any other way to measure them, except by their hours,” one leader told us. Partly, the challenge for employers is trust. For example, our study found that employees have a deep desire for flexibility about where and when they work — and far higher engagement when they have more choice. But many employers remain fearful that their employees won’t accomplish their work without constant oversight — a belief that ironically feeds the distrust of their employees, and diminishes their engagement. mobile.nytimes/2014/06/01/opinion/sunday/why-you-hate-work.html?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits&_r=0&referrer=
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