151 Quick Ideas to Deal With Difficult People

46Is the Work Load Balanced?

It’s no secret that today’s workers typically face heavier workloads and longer hours. In fact, some companies have shifted into the inverse mode of trying to do more work with fewer employees. Despite this dire imbalance, many offices still have workers who successfully fight off attempts to ask them to do more. In the face of their fierce resistance, some managers simply take the path of least resistance and add to the in-basket of their more agreeable workers.

That approach will keep the less industrious happy, but will also breed resentment among the overworked on your staff. Now more than ever, it is imperative that you even out the workloads. If the amount of work requires your employees to spend more time in ...