Productivity
Delegate don’t dump
Delegation is a great way to increase your productivity and achieve more, especially if you have limited time available. By delegating you handover or outsource tasks that someone else is better qualified, more skilled, can do quicker or has more time to do than you. When you delegate, not only do you free up your…
Read MoreSix Hours For A More Productive Work Day
Sweden have introduced a six-hour work day to increase productivity and make people happier. Considering only 60-80% of our day is actually spent being productive, it makes sense. When you have less time available you’re more likely to focus and less likely to get distracted. With shorter working hours, you have more time to do…
Read MoreAre you good busy or bad busy?
One of the first things I frequently hear from clients, when we check-in at the beginning of a session, is they’re busy. I ask whether it’s ‘good busy’ or ‘bad busy’? “What’s the difference?” they ask. It’s usually pretty easy to tell, from the tone of their voice and what comes next. Often we can…
Read MoreWorld Cup Productivity
England may be out of the 2014 World Cup but business goes on as usual … or does it. With big sporting events there’s a desire to get involved and this can have a significant impact on business and productivity. What effect have you already seen on your business in the first two weeks of…
Read MoreDo I Have To Do Everything Around Here!?
Quite often when I’m talking about delegation – I’ll hear the comment “Oh, but I’ve got no one to delegate to” or “Everyone ‘delegates’ to me”. Sometimes this might be the case, there really is no one else that can do the work but quite often there are ways and means. If you run your…
Read MoreLower productivity in open plan offices
A recent study shows that working in open plan offices reduces performance and increases fatigue. It’s not an easy environment in which to be productive. Easy to put up, easy to reconfigure, there is no privacy and little to stop noise, voices and ringing phones carrying across the office space. You’re separated from your neighbours…
Read MoreHow to keep productive when travelling
A common problem I come across when working with people is that when you have a busy travel schedule it knocks out your usual routine and emails and actions build up, which means you’re twice as busy when you return. So, how do you stay productive? Plan time at the beginning and end of the…
Read MoreSerial multitaskers – worse than they think
The impact multi-tasking has and the fact that it’s actually not as effective as we might think. Or at least those who think they’re great at multi-tasking are likely to be the worst. It also relates to another news item I saw recently about accident prone texters – oblivious to the world around them –…
Read MoreProcrastination: epic time-wasting
Came across this article recently: Procrastination: Readers’ tales of epic time-wasting I’m sure we can all come up with instances of ‘epic-time wasting’ and those embarrassing moments we’d rather forget due to our own mis-management of time. It’s certainly a challenge that many of us have faced at one point or another and it’s a…
Read MoreBook Review: Getting Things Done
If you’ve got a logical analytical mind then this is the book for you. David Allen offers a system to help you get back in control and improve your productivity. Many people swear by the system introduced in the book it’s spawned a whole series of apps and add-ons for devoted GTD’ers to implement in…
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