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Feel like your team's pace has slowed to a shuffle? Or maybe their frustration and discouragement are spreading like a virus? There's a good chance your team is being devoured, right under your nose, by workplace zombies. This infographic details the different types of workplace zombies and how you can bring them back from the un-dead.
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Stressed, panicked, and at the breaking point, zombies are invading your workplace and devouring your productivity. Here’s how to spot them and stop them from spreading...
SYMPTOMS:
Nervous smiles
MissingDeliverables
FlounderingProjects
OverwhelmedStares
UnreportedIssues
50of workers say they're under-staffed, resulting in plenty of work being done after business hours
%
50%of workers say they work more than 40 hrs/wk
NAME: Newly Infected
Perhaps the most dangerous kind of workplace zombie, this one doesn’t know or doesn’t want to know it’s been infected. With this denial comes all sorts of problems.
13of employees lie to cover up failed projects, mistakes, or missed deadlines
%
CONTAGIOUSNESS:
DAMAGE:
YOUR BESTWEAPON:
Project status
tracking (preferably real-time)
Heart-to-heart and a
plate of fresh-baked chocolate
chip cookies
SYMPTOMS:Rash of overdue tasks
Lost Requests
CONTAGIOUSNESS:
DAMAGE:
YOUR BESTWEAPON:
Request management
tool
At-risk reports
Adrenaline shot to the
heart
40 of employees miss deadlines sometimes or often%
CONTAGIOUSNESS:
DAMAGE:
YOUR BESTWEAPON:
Request intake
processes
Resourceworkloadreports
Free passesto the day
spa
NAME: The Herd
These zombies never question their workloads, accepting requests blindly, usually inundated with tasks. They keep plodding forward, understaffed and overworked, brought to a near-catatonic state by soul-crushing overtime.
NAME: Crawler
This zombie subverts your team's established processes in the name of speed and efficiency. Unfortunately, the Crawler's "quick results" secretly suck up your resources, while luring other team members to the dark side, making them more contagious than a cold sore at a New Year’s Eve party in Paris.
SYMPTOMS:
High amountsof overtime
Depressedsighs
CONTAGIOUSNESS:
DAMAGE:
YOUR BESTWEAPON:
Hard rules, processes and enforcement governing use of resources
Timeout
64of employees say they ignore processes to get work done
% SYMPTOMS:
Resources with guilty looks on their faces and extra work in their queues
Projects completed without approval
Eeriesilence
CONTAGIOUSNESS:
DAMAGE:
YOUR BESTWEAPON:
Well-defined request
management and resource management processes
Management’s buy-in
NAME: Howler
The squeaky wheel of workplace zombies, the Howler makes lots of noise to attract attention to their tasks or issues, often using political capital to get their way.
42of employees say one or two of their team membersconsume most of their resources
%SYMPTOMS:“We’ll justdo it to keephim/her happy”
Resourcessucked awayfrom justified, strategic projects
Phone calls oremails to superiorsoutside of theestablished process
Lack of justificationor proven alignment with business objectives
NAME: Thriller
This zombie hides its lack of actual productivity behind a beguilingly flashy cloak. This cloak usually consists of fudging numbers and only gets more deceptive in the absence of actual work data. This zombie is rare but still dangerous.
SYMPTOMS:Conflictingdata
CONTAGIOUSNESS:
DAMAGE:
YOUR BESTWEAPON:
Numbers gathered
consistently over your
entire team's work
●Polygraph test
7of employees admit to inflating their numbers to make their performance look better
%
1 23
31HOURS
NAME: Shuffler
Without constant reminders, its neglected work requests can swell to epic proportions or simply be lost in the chaos. This negligence spills over into other's work, infecting them with similar tardiness and frustration.
Lack ofpushbackon requests
Two-weeknotices
DeadStares
NAME: Shifty
Often by no fault of its own, this workplace zombie darts from one project to another as priorities shift on a daily basis. As this pattern continues, this zombie becomes increasingly dangerous before unexpectedly migrating to another workplace.
NAME: Runner
To cope with its rising workloads, the Runner frantically sends out flurries of meeting invites and emails and peppers fellow team members with impromptu visits. The more emails and meetings they create, the more they infect other team members.
CONTAGIOUSNESS:
DAMAGE:
YOUR BESTWEAPON:
A work prioriti-zation process that everyone can stick to, including an
objective score-card system.
A distraction-freeenvironment
24%
SYMPTOMS:Downcast expressionson the faces ofresources
Fallingproductivity
Two-weeknotices
A growing backlogthat spreads toother teams
SYMPTOMS:Callouses on fingertips and earsFrantic
Expressions
CONTAGIOUSNESS:
DAMAGE:
YOUR BESTWEAPON:
Limits on use of email,
IM, and meetings
Making project activities visible to all team members
Aroma-therapy
Increased anxiety levels among team members
wasted per month per employee in unproductive meetings
304 sent to theaverage employee every week
Floodsof email
BUSINESSEMAILS
10IQ POINTS
when constantly fielding emails, the average employee loses
when constantly fielding emails, the average employee loses
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Lack of actual results