Balance life and work, work smarter for success.
You don’t have to make yourself miserable to be successful. It’s natural to look back and mythologise the long nights and manic moments of genius, but success isn’t about working hard, it’s about working smart.
- Andrew Wilkinson (MetaLab)
A 1998 Stanford University study predicted that by 2020, advances in technology will have eliminated many lower to mid-level jobs. These advances will also significantly increase the workload of more senior managers, keeping them working around the clock.
But we already work long hours under increasing pressure to produce more with less; less money, less people, and less time. It is tough to find the time and energy to manage the growing pressures both at work and home. So, how can we produce more without putting in more time? It is all about working smarter.
New technology needs new skills
The B2B world is changing, and the skills of staff need to change too. Creative thinking, applying technology, and critical thinking are becoming essential skills for leaders. As reliance on data and using robotics take the mundane tasks out of jobs, people are becoming free to spend more time creatively solving problems. Working teams are no longer just full-time employees, but a mix of employees, consultants, and robots. Managing the hard and soft skills of your team is getting harder to ensure you do not lose opportunities and you do gain competitive advantage.
You need to be more agile in your leadership ability to change your thinking and your decision-making, faster.
It’s not the big that eat the small…
it’s the fast that eat the slow.
This story is from the November 2017 edition of Indian Management.
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