People behaviour in office

There is something that I have figured out in my long association with submitting reports to my seniors and getting them checked.

The aim of the study is to find the best time to get your reports checked.

For my study I have divided the day into three time zones -

1. Morning – Just in, raring to go, destructive mode

2. Afternoon – Just after Lunch, laid back mode

3. Evening – Stressed, eager to complete work and leave

And I have experienced all these time zones first hand!

Submitting a report in the morning, when your manager has just come in and is raring to go, is all pumped up and is in the I will achieve everything mode, is not a very good idea. invariably he will look at your report and tear it into pieces. He will want to change everything. The concept, the idea, the formatting, content everything. Not a very good time for report submission

Submitting a report in the Afternoon, just after lunch when your manager saunters in with that content feeling of had lunch, is satisfied. His/ her body is going into relax mode, he wants to now get a nap or two on his desk. He wants to take it easy, this is when you go and show him the report. There will be hardly any changes, he will be happy with it, might even congratulate you on a job well done.

Submitting a report in the Evening, when he is hassle, people are gnawing at him for his attention. He wants to complete that report that he has been working on for a while and wants to go home. There is just too much of stuff to do and then you come it with your report and he thinks of it as a Oh-God-Not-Now thing and so he either does a quick scan with minimal changes or takes out his frustration on you by tearing it into pieces.

This has been my experience so far.