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How Can Businesses Boost Executive Productivity?

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Global supply chain volatility and rapid technological change, including the widespread discussion of AI integration, have seen executive time in the UK become an increasingly scarce and high-value resource. With the nation’s productivity growth lagging behind major G7 counterparts, the focus must shift from simply working longer hours to working smarter and more strategically.

Re-engineering Time: The Shift to Output-Based Working

Traditional methods of managing productivity by hours logged or visible time in the office are becoming outdated. A more effective approach to this is by accessing output and valuing creation over attendance. 

Executives benefit from having structured time for strategic thinking instead of occupying their time on operational busyness.  They can often feel trapped in decision fatigue by spending hours on routine tasks like approvals and reporting. To help offload administrative and analytical burdens, Cognitive augmentation promises to utilise artificial intelligence.

KPMG’s latest CEO outlook on AI, growth and sustainability revealed that nearly three-quarters of UK executives are prioritising AI investment, particularly in AI systems and cloud automation tools to help interpret complex data, draft documents and allow senior leaders to be able to reclaim time back for high-impact decision-making.

Cultivating Resilience and Psychological Safety

Burnout can influence corporate performance. CIPD’s Health and Well-being at work report found that stress-related absence remains one of the most common causes of lost productivity within UK organisations. To address this, it requires moving beyond the standard Employee Assistance programmes and embedding psychological safety as a priority.

Psychological safety, where both leaders and teams feel secure in being able to express their concerns or mistakes without fear is important in a working environment. Boards that advocate for open dialogue and proactive workload management foster an environment and culture that provides a sustainable high performance. 

Strategic Mobility: Converting Travel into Focused, Productive Time

For nurturing stakeholder relationship and closing international deals, travel is essential. And with travel, there can be disruptions and fatigue that can derail productivity; nearly half of the C-suite executives have reported that they lose around four to eight hours of productive time upon arrival due to stress and logistical inefficiencies. 

To maximise this time, investing in a corporate jet charter can transform what would normally be wasted hours into more productive sessions. They enable executives to use transit time to be able to focus and prepare for work sessions and be able to hold private meetings without the interruptions of commercial flights.

Megan Lewis
Megan Lewis
Megan Lewis is passionate about exploring creative strategies for startups and emerging ventures. Drawing from her own entrepreneurial journey, she offers clear tips that help others navigate the ups and downs of building a business.

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