Task Management
Get back up above the line
There is an unmistakable feeling of busyness out there in the workplace at the moment. Workers, leaders and teams feeling like they have never been so busy, but even...
The connection between attention and traction
Prefer to listen? Listen to Dermot's audio recording below: Have you ever noticed the strong connection between attention and traction? The things that are fron...
Too much work or capacity erosion?
Ciao from Trieste, Italy, a truly beautiful part of the World. I recently overheard a conversation between a team leader and the HR person who supported the team. T...
Know how long regular tasks take
Do you know how long your work generally takes you? If not, you may be missing out on an opportunity to focus yourself, and to negotiate with others. We recently mov...
To capture or not to capture, that is the question
A participant in a recent webinar asked me this very thoughtful question. Is it worth capturing a task in your task list if it will only take twenty minutes? We ha...
Make your deadlines highly visible
One of the key strategies we teach in our Smart Work program is the idea of managing the Start Date of a task, not the Due Date. The premise here is that if your t...