We know that many corporate firewalls have been blocking those  non-productive URLs for many years. Many small businesses however will not have taken things so far – either because of their technical inability or because there is more trust in employees.

You may however like to try a voluntary experiment at some point in the future and ask you team to each download a small program called URL Blocker from the good folks at Computer Help. It is a seriously simple piece of software which you simply add all the sites you believe are hampering employee  productivity during your working hours… those sites you just have to keep checking on an hourly basis to see if anything’s changed… you know which ones.

You can remove the block at a certain time or after a specific number of hours and the program can be password protected. If you ask a colleague to set the password – there can be no weak moments when you switch it off – just for 30 minutes….

Why not set up a trial today in your office – get your team bought into the idea and see what happens… you never know, they may even thank you…!