"Not To Being Late" Is Good For Your Professional Life

‘Being on time is a sign of respect!’ Punctuality or arriving on time for a meeting or an appointment is evidence of your self-discipline and self-respect and is a courteous compliment you pay to your associates. Now, take a moment and think about your last meeting, were you on time or were just a little late. It is a proven fact that almost 80% of meetings do not start at the scheduled time. Tardiness is becoming a norm and this is not a good sign.

Tardiness, sloppiness or being lethargic whatever you call it, it is not good for your professional life. It is time to stop this habit and show more commitment and dedication to your work. Let us see the harmful effects of being late.

It is Rude – Being late for meetings and appointments is considered as rude. It is an impolite way to convey that your time is more valuable than anyone else’s time. This is a terrible message sent whether you are a boss or an employee. If you are the boss, it will demoralize the employees and even the business partners will reconsider working with you.

Loss of Productivity – When you are late at work, there is an immediate loss of productivity. If you are working independently it is a direct loss and if you are working in a team than also you will disturb the workflow by being late.

Unhappy Customers – Now, this is the last thing you want. If you are not able to make an on-time delivery because of the tardiness at your workplace, will ultimately result in the loss of the customer. If you are an employee who because of being late is unable to deliver on time or you are the boss who is late for an appointment or meeting you are not doing good for your company. Poor customer service at any stage damages the company reputation and will discourage potential clients.

You Are Not At Your Best - When you are late it somewhat demoralize you from within and you are unable to give your best. The thoughts of what others are thinking about you, have you missed anything important and so on will distract you and you won’t be able to focus. Few people truly don’t care what the world thinks about them and are highly focused but if you are not one of them then being late will certainly rattle you when you head for a meeting.

Other People’s Time is wasted – You waste other people’s time due to your lethargic behaviour. When you work in a team and your team is dependent on you for the further progress of your work, being late is a sheer waste of time of others. If you are the boss, your employees will depend on your instructions for their jobs, by showing up late you just waste their time and your money as you are paying them for just sitting and waiting for you. 

Company’s Culture Go Downhill – Generally, as a boss, you would want a happy working culture in your company where people are accountable to customers, peers, themselves and you. But not being on time set an overall negative tone in the company’s work culture. Being punctual might seem like a trivial thing but its impacts are huge.

Management Issues – If you protect a chronically late employee, it creates a loss of respect. The punctual employees will feel offended as the rules are overlooked and will not make the efforts to be on time. Hence, overlooking the late comers sends a wrong message to the entire company.

Tardiness Fast becomes a Vicious Cycle – If all your meetings start late even 5 minutes, the employees will not take efforts to show on time. When people come late and find out the meeting is not started they will always come at that time next time onwards. And those who arrived on time and have been waiting anxiously for the meeting to begin will curse themselves for being punctual and will show late for the further meetings. Eventually, you have created a norm in your company, where no meeting starts at the scheduled time. 

The only way to avoid it is to start the meeting on time without waiting for anyone. This will help make people more punctual.

Fix it before it’s too late – Everyone is late occasionally. The traffic, family responsibilities, some personal issues could be the reasons for getting late. Sometimes these things just can’t be avoided. But the people who are habituated of being late surely have time-management issues and they need to be addressed. Here’s how you can fix it:

1. Set your alarm 30 minutes earlier or even an hour early.
2. Prepare your dress for the next day the night before.
3. Try to reach office 15 minutes earlier than the normal time.
4. Remember by being punctual you value other’s time. You will notice that others will respect you more if you can resolve your chronic illness.

Technology is there To Help – The technology will certainly help you in being on time. In the earlier point, we mentioned about preparing your dress in advance for the next day. Similarly, with the help of technology, you can overcome the traffic problem. GPS can tell you exactly how long it will take to reach your destination. You can start taking into consideration the required time. When you start the GPS will also tell you about how bad the traffic is and will suggest you the alternate fast route, thus helping you to reach on time.

Be Committed to ‘be on time’ – Your commitment to be punctual will force you to plan your schedule appropriately. Many times the chronic tardiness is a result of over-scheduling. So do not try to fit in many things a day. Have a realistic schedule and be punctual for each of your meetings and appointments. 

To sum up not being late shows your commitment to your work. People working with you feel respected. With meetings starting on time the chronically tardy colleagues and employees will start showing up on time. On-time employees will improve work productivity, will make your company a happy workplace and will develop a reputation for punctuality and reliability.

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