I awoke this morning at 4:30am not being able to sleep, so I turned on the local news. I heard Los Angeles' own Bill Handel on KFI-AM Radio (yes, I listen to talk radio) talking about personal productivity costing American businesses billions and billions of dollars each year. 
$759 billion dollars a year to exact ($40,000 per employee). Wow.
According to Salary.com, this figure is based on "salaries for which real work was expected, but not actually performed." Interesting enough, older workers (including my "mid-30's" age group thank-you-very-much) wasted less hours than younger workers.
At my company, the number one reason Clients call for help is to regain productivity through better organization. Everyone could benefit from understanding that they waste a lot of time without goal-setting, to-do lists, and re-evaluating constantly changing business and home priorities. Getting a physical space neat and structured is just the start. Folks must take a hard look at their routines and habits. No where does the study cite organization skills but this does give us some hard facts. Read the whole article here.
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