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The COVID-19 Files
10th July Now and Next Years ago, my afternoon stroll home from the train station to my place included walking past a Chinese takeaway shop. More often than not I'd stand in front of that massive menu board and feel overwhelmed with choice... I want choice but it...
Productive Leadership Through a Crisis
When the planes hit the twin towers in New York that fateful 2001 September day, you couldn't help but stay glued to the news. Never before had a TV been front and centre in any workplace I had worked in, but there it was. A constant news feed of the events...
Hacks, Apps and Old School Productivity
I’m often asked what my productivity hacks or tips are and so I thought I’d share a few with you. When I see a hack, app or product that promotes productivity, I often use the following criteria: How complicated is the set up? And is the return on my investment...
You can’t delegate everything.
If you knew you could get away with it, what would you delegate? No one's job is perfect, there will always be something you have to do that you don't enjoy. No surprises there, right? That being said there may be some things you could delegate. Yet there will...
Micromanaging
When I was a child, whenever we went out to dinner I'd follow my brother's lead and fidget. We'd fidget with the cutlery, napkins, condiments ... everything. Dad would snap at us but sitting still wasn't in our nature. Out to dinner one night celebrating a...
Delegating gives you more control and productivity
When I lived in Germany, I learned to drive on the 'wrong' side of the road in winter. I lived at the bottom of a hilly street so with snow and ice on the road during winter I felt completely out of control and scared as the car simply slid its way zig zagging down...
Netflix, Decisions and Delegation
Netflix. I've just recently discovered that Netflix-produced shows have only a five-second window before they move on to the next episode automatically. Whereas it looks like other produced shows on Netflix have a, I think, 15 to 20-second gap before they move on...
Try SMOOTHER goal getting rather than SMART goal setting!
I'm sure you've heard of S.M.A.R.T. goals, maybe you've received some training on goal setting showing you how to write S.M.A.R.T. goals; and as a concept, it's been around for a very long time. Google tells me that George Doran, Arthur Miller and James Cunningham...
Hurry Slowly
From an old Latin line, festina lente, or hurry slowly, is the notion that if you do things too fast you’re likely to waste time going back to correct mistakes. To hurry slowly is to work carefully and methodically and it’ll be the fastest way to achieve the...
Refresh and Arrange to Boost your Productivity
How did you get on with reflect and relax? (Click here to refer back to the post) I received a lot of amazing responses from the Call To Action in last week's email, here's a small sample: "Overcoming many hurdles." "Organising a major event in 4 months which...
Reflect and Relax to Boost your Productivity
Over the last week I have had to shift one personal appointment four times. While that in itself is not such a big deal let's face it, in conjunction with meetings, speaking, facilitating and mentoring commitments, running a business and ...well, life, it's...
The productive benefits of delegating
Steve was on the verge of being put into performance management because the management of his team was not going well. Steve couldn't understand why his team became unengaged when he was promoted into the management position. Results were average, the team was...