Bosses Say Early Birds Still Catch Office Worms

The least productive time of the workday, 150 senior executives told a recent survey, is between 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The most productive, they said, is from 10 a.m. to noon.

The study, conducted by Accountemps Inc. of Menlo Park, Calif., included executives from human resources, finance and marketing departments from the nation’s largest companies.

Tami Goodman, the firm’s Northwest Arkansas branch manager, said her experience has also shown the prime time for performance is the two hours before lunch. Her Fayetteville office places hundreds of accounting and financial professionals throughout Northwest Arkansas.