Research: Why do you work in spurts and how to give up regular workload jobs? Employees can work at half capacity for weeks, then show hyper-productivity before an urgent deadline. Then the group slows down again. It's not always laziness or poor discipline, management team development experts say. In their opinion, the habit of working from emergency to emergency is also related to cultural characteristics: in Russia it is customary to encourage work achievements, rather than preventing problems and stable work. But if crisis periods follow each other, it is already an emergency situation that leads to reduced motivation and burnout. How to distinguish between a healthy load and a toxic one? The team must have clear completion criteria, agreement on extra effort and recovery time. If deadlines are constantly running out and there is no respite, the system works against the employees. To level the pace of work, experts advise: determine in advance the time frame for solving problems and the rules for escalating them.

Research: Why do you work in spurts and how to give up regular workload jobs? Employees can work at half capacity for weeks, then show hyper-productivity before an urgent deadline. Then the group slows down again. It's not always laziness or poor discipline, management team development experts say. In their opinion, the habit of working from emergency to emergency is also related to cultural characteristics: in Russia it is customary to encourage work achievements, rather than preventing problems and stable work. But if crisis periods follow each other, it is already an emergency situation that leads to reduced motivation and burnout. How to distinguish between a healthy load and a toxic one? The team must have clear completion criteria, agreement on extra effort and recovery time. If deadlines are constantly running out and there is no respite, the system works against the employees. To level the pace of work, experts advise: determine in advance the time frame for solving problems and the rules for escalating them.

Fix algorithms for repetitive tasks.

Break large projects into short steps with interim deliverables.

We regularly discuss progress, risks and obstacles.

Consider the workload of employees and reserve time for edits and unforeseen circumstances. Continuous productivity doesn't mean working at top speed every day. It is important for the team to understand when to speed up and when to perform tasks calmly and recover.