5 Strategies to Eliminate Constant Interruptions

Did you know that the average manager gets interrupted approximately once every eight minutes? That’s about seven interruptions each hour. What’s worse, after every interruption, it takes an average of 25 minutes to fully regain cognitive focus. No wonder at the end of an eight-hour day you still feel like you haven’t accomplished anything.

Constant emails, phone calls and coworkers dropping by to ask "just a quick question" can eat up the majority of your working time, leaving your real work untouched at the end of the day.