The Mystery Agenda of Your Manager Makes You Less Productive

Some managers prefer not to share the big picture and the concrete goals of the company with the employees. Sometimes short-termsecrecy may be necessary because Chief bosses must approve a new strategy first, but a structural hidden agenda is kills the motivation and productivity of employees.

A small, recent American survey of BetterWorks showed that 40% of employees do not see the connection between their work and the overall goals of the company. What exactly their own work contributes to the advancement of the company is unclear to them.

With More Transparency, Harder Work

64% of participants feel that the management is not completely transparent about the goals of the company, writes the Entrepreneur. 37% said that they will work harder if the company's top layer of management would be more open about their goals.

Also, another larger research shows that increased transparency by the boss makes the workforce work harder. According to a survey of 40,000 employees of Tiny Pulse, the most important factor in job satisfaction is a transparent attitude of the management.

Too Much Transparency Also Exists

That many employees have no idea of the goals of the company was also confirmed in the same study: only 42% are aware of the vision and strategy of the organization. “Too many managers cannot communicate and reinforce the guidelines and mission of the company”, the researchers conclude.

Must everything then be thrown open in the workplace? No. There is also such a thing as too much transparency, according to experienced researcher Ethan Bernstein. Especially when it comes to the forced transparency of workers. If anyone – including your boss –is tracking what you do, since most workplaces are open and monitored, it could have the opposite effect. So the trick is to find a balance between transparency (top) and privacy for employees.

Source: http://www.rtlnieuws.nl

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