About this episode

This episode discusses how the 'do as I do' approach undermines team productivity and the expectations placed on employees in the workplace.

"Just watch me and do what I do." It sounds harmless. It's not. In this episode, we unpack why the classic "do as I do" approach quietly sabotages your team's productivity, and why it's not entirely anyone's fault. We trace it all the way back to primary school, where we spent 15 years conditioning young people to respond to bells, timetables, and external cues. Then the moment they hit a workplace, we expect them to build their own structure from scratch. And when they can't? We point fingers. The truth is, expecting someone to work exactly the way you work doesn't just miss the mark, it actively gets in the way of what they're capable of. Even the way you manage your browser tabs says something about how you're wired. Next episode, we're finally getting into it: Time-centric Archetypes. Those clocks on the wall? They mean something. 👉 Subscribe so you don't miss it.

People in this episode

Hosts: Ildi Racz-Prosser, Pooja Kelkar

Topics covered

• team productivity
• management styles
• workplace expectations
• personal work styles
• time management

Keywords

• productivity
• management
• workplace
• team dynamics
• time-centric archetypes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: primary school

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