Collaborative Overload?

According to Harvard Business Review, managers and employees are spending 50% more time in collaborative activities (virtual and face to face meetings, phone calls, e-mail) compared with 20 years ago.

While collaboration and information sharing are vital in today’s interconnected world, it is important to ask if all of this collaboration is adding value.

Collaborative activities account for up to 80% of some employees’ time – is the remaining 20% sufficient time to allocate to critical work they are personally responsible for delivering?