Outcomes
Make your outcomes visible
‘Are you outcomes-driven or are you inputs-driven?’ – This is a question I often pose during my productivity presentations and workshops. By outcomes-drive...
Scheduling actions – hard or soft?
A common question that we hear when discussing task management in workshops is 'When should a task be blocked out as an appointment in the calendar'? Blocking out ti...
A sense of perspective
At the start of each month I have a recurring priority scheduled in my task list. It reminds me that at some stage in that week, I need to sit down and get some pers...
How we waste each other’s time
While much of my time is spent helping workers to increase their personal productivity, I also see many issues with how we work together. The truth is that your beha...
Do you conduct or cushion urgency?
In case you haven’t noticed, your team is probably drowning in emails, buried in meetings and struggling to deliver the critical outcomes you and the organisation ...
Busy: A story we tell ourselves
Two executives bump into each other in a lift. One asks the other how she is going. She replies “Busy”. It is almost an instinctive answer that we give when aske...