• Businesspeople say they are most productive before 9:00 a.m.
and after 5:00 p.m.
• Over half (61 percent) of executives and managers are most
productive between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.
• Eighteen percent are most productive before 7:00 a.m.
• The second-highest productivity times are after 5:00 p.m.,
with 33 percent most productive between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00
p.m. and 12 percent most productive after 8:00 p.m.
The two most often cited peak-productivity times are before and
after traditional work hours, with all top choices falling outside the
traditional hours. As the official workday starts at 9:00 a.m., productivity begins to drop: