"Orbiter"
It seems every office in the Detroit area has someone that fits the unconventional business term, “Orbiter”
It does not refer to a celestial object moving around the Earth nor does it apply to a satellite.
An “Orbiter” is someone that is continually going around in circles. They are always active but never seem to get things done.
Orbiters not only work at a lessened productivity rate, they erode the productivity of everyone within their orbit.
What they are really orbiting is productivity.
A survey of Detroit-area employers revealed a similarity to several national Gallup polls. These polls show that 50 percent of
employees admit they could do more work, 25 percent confess they do just what they have to do to keep from being fired, and
only the minority balance are working at their peak productivity.
Fueling the orbiter could be procrastination tendencies, lack of knowledge of how to best do a job, lack of engagement with the
organizational mission or vision, so a number of other causes.
You can reform the Orbiter by giving them very clear goals and truly empowering them to obtain those goals. These goals need to
be quantifiable with timed completions and progress should be swiftly acknowledged with verbal praise.
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It seems every office in the Detroit area has someone that fits the unconventional business term, “Orbiter”
It does not refer to a celestial object moving around the Earth nor does it apply to a satellite.
An “Orbiter” is someone that is continually going around in circles. They are always active but never seem to get things done.
Orbiters not only work at a lessened productivity rate, they erode the productivity of everyone within their orbit.
What they are really orbiting is productivity.
A survey of Detroit-area employers revealed a similarity to several national Gallup polls. These polls show that 50 percent of
employees admit they could do more work, 25 percent confess they do just what they have to do to keep from being fired, and
only the minority balance are working at their peak productivity.
Fueling the orbiter could be procrastination tendencies, lack of knowledge of how to best do a job, lack of engagement with the
organizational mission or vision, so a number of other causes.
You can reform the Orbiter by giving them very clear goals and truly empowering them to obtain those goals. These goals need to
be quantifiable with timed completions and progress should be swiftly acknowledged with verbal praise.
Share your own new business term using Contact Us.
Return to the Business Terms? Home page.
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