With the holiday season looming, business leaders are being urged by leading people development company Insights to act now or risk their operations grind to a halt due to the well-known, but often unaddressed “summer slump.”
A new guide from global people development company Insights has been produced in response to previous research that workplace productivity can decline up to 20% during summer months, while project timelines can lengthen by 13%.
“Too many leaders plan for absence, not impact,” explains David Bowes, Head of People at Insights.
“You’re not just losing a person for two weeks - you may be losing your team’s planner, your motivator, your quiet fixer. These personality gaps can derail performance if they’re not anticipated.”
To help leaders keep performance on track whilst ensuring employees can take a guilt-free, interruption-free break, Insights has released A Leader’s Guide to Combating the Summer...