Cultures are molded by the actions and behaviours of people within an organisation, and the people who have the most influence on a culture are the leadership level. Creating a culture that amplifies productivity rather than dilutes it requires leaders to model good productivity behaviours, as well as ensuring that each team has the right tools, systems, knowledge and protocols in place to maximise their productivity.
The Productive Leadership program combines two short group training sessions with a 1:1 follow-up session for each executive. It provides senior leadership teams with a quick start-up to getting organised and creates a framework to support a culture of productivity across the organisation. The program moves from personal productivity through to team productivity and finally to organisational productivity. Participants not only learn to boost their own productivity, they learn how to help those around them be more productive. We call this the Amplification Effect.
The program takes an extremely practical approach to productivity, so participants don’t just learn theory—they actually implement during the training. Technology plays a big factor in our productivity, so all principles are linked to implementation strategies using MS Outlook, OneNote and handheld devices.
The Productive Leadership program combines two short group training sessions with a 1:1 follow-up session for each executive. It provides senior leadership teams with a quick start-up to getting organised and creates a framework to support a culture of productivity across the organisation.
The initial group training sessions gets the leadership team and their support staff organised and back in control. We look at a range of strategies to centralise actions, organise inputs and realise outcomes. The concepts are based on Dermot Crowley’s best-selling book, Smart Work. Each executive will work in their own mailbox in MS Outlook, and will make radical changes to their productivity system during the session. If applicable, their EA will sit next to them and help them to set up their new Smart Work system.
A couple of weeks later, each executive will then receive a 1:1 coaching session in their office to help them to implement the concepts and to tailor the system to their situation and needs. Again, if applicable, their EA will join in this session.
The final training session will provide a chance to review progress and identify any barriers to implementation. We then look beyond individual productivity to the productivity at the team and organisational level. We look at some of the levers that leaders can pull to amplify productivity across the organisation and build a culture of productivity.
This whitepaper looks at the productivity challenges facing organisations in today’s digital age, and what you can do as a leader to meet these challenges in a practical and effective way. It provides a template to build a ‘Superproductive’ culture that experiences sustained productivity across the whole team.
Adapt has helped me and many of my colleagues to improve our effectiveness and sharpen our focus by changing the way we use our technology. Dermot’s approach is straight forward, practical and produces immediate results.
Michael Rose, Chief Executive Partner, Allens Arthur Robinson
Dermot Crowley's Smart Work is an exciting personal productivity game-changer. 7 days on from our Leadership Team of 60 people spending 3 hours with Dermot, it's great to see the buzz during the session translated into a team who are excited to have found a simple and practical way to release their potential and that…
David Smith, Managing Director, Diageo Australia
Dermot is a true professional who unlocks time by smart use of technology together with tried and true time management principles.
Kathleen Bailey-Lord, Group GM Shared Services, ANZ Bank
Dermot’s workshop and 1 on 1 coaching was life changing for my team and me. Personally, I have regained at least 16 hours each week, and my team have become evangelists, converting everyone they meet to their new approach to email and task management.
Fiona Geddes, General Manager Direct Channels Support, Commonwealth Bank of Australia
We have found working with Dermot Crowley extremely rewarding. As a team we have developed a new operating rhythm, a common language for efficiency practices and gained collective and individual insights into our optimal working styles. We have collectively been so impressed with what we have learnt that we have requested Dermot continue to work…
Justine Cain, Divisional General Manager, Medibank
Why don’t we arrange a time to meet and discuss the productivity issues being faced by the senior leaders in your organisation?