If your employees are finding it hard to focus at work, it maye not be the pandemic’s fault — it’s the time of year.
Employee productivity has managed to stay relatively high throughout the pandemic and work-from-home policies — in fact, 41% of respondents say they are
But an overly-productive workforce often means a
“We're still navigating to what's going to fit our new normal,” says Anita Kanti, executive leadership coach at Anita K Solutions, a self-titled life and career coaching practice. “There’s the underlying foundation of what we started experiencing at the beginning of 2020 coupled with the now, and for a lot of individuals, they feel like they're in a slump because of fear and uncertainty and there being too much going on.”
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In the span of a year, employees have been forced to find sustainable methods to balance their work life and their homelife, all while working through the emotional complexities of experiencing a global pandemic. That kind of stress — conscious or unconscious — is slowly draining workers of their motivation, and it only worsens over time.
That stress, paired with the slow summer months, is a recipe for disaster, Kanti says. Employees are overwhelmed and under-stimulated, and it’s affecting not only their work, but their overall mental state.
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“Sometimes we're focused on the wrong goals,” she says. “A lot of people are demotivated by all the decision-making we've had to deal with — and as a result, they may get a little lazy and not be able to be creative. They don’t know how to ignite any kind of productivity or sustain it.”
Kanti shared with us a few tips, both big and small, employees in search of a bit of midsummer motivation can put into practice.
