The Most Important Productivity Question
You need to know what matters most. In the area of productivity, it doesn’t matter how efficient you are; your productivity won’t really increase. Many managers I come across in the workplace are working frantically on ten to twelve things all at once, and all of it gets done kind of average. In other words, […]
Focus on Quarters
Ninety days is one of my favorite time periods. In a ninety-day period or a quarter, you can do something significant, but there is also a level of intensity around getting something done. In other words, it’s long enough to make an impact but short enough to have hustle. Don’t view your year as one […]
How to Lift Your Limits
If I were to ask you, Do you know your limits? would you be able to answer me. So often, I ask this question to people: do you know your limits? I think there are very few people in the world who truly do know their absolute limit. So often, we hold ourselves back for […]
Disciplined Relaxation
The world seems to be speeding up. The demands that we have on ourselves as professionals in the workplace seem to be increasing. The more I speak with people, the more I’m continually convinced that people are giving more than they’re getting. What I mean by that is, they’re working in jobs where they are […]
Manage Your Meaning
We are meaning-making machines. As human beings, we are continually making meanings from situations, circumstances and interactions we have. To effectively manage yourself, you must learn how to manage your meaning. What I mean by “meaning” is the label or the conclusion that you come to about yourself and your situation. For example, you may […]
Increase Productivity By Knowing Less
A few of my clients have mentioned to me recently that they feel like they’re getting dumber in their old age. But when we got down to the core of the real issue, we discovered that it wasn’t that they were getting dumber or forgetting things — it was actually that they were trying […]
Prioritise Prioritising
We all have personal routines that set up our day, but so often our professional routines fail to set our day up effectively. One of the most important habits to implement in your daily practice is to prioritise your prioritising. What I mean by that is, at the start of each day before you open […]
The Six Levels of Productivity
Being productive with your time is one of the cornerstones of being an outstanding leader in the workplace. Most people are extremely busy, but the question always comes down to: are you busy being busy, or are you busy doing what’s important? Below is what I believe are the six levels of productivity that people experience in the […]
5 Secrets to Effective Staff Feedback
I believe giving feedback to your staff members is crucial for the development and productivity of your team. Most leaders come into a feedback conversation with the right intention, but deliver it in an unconstructive manner. The result is, people leave confused, misunderstood and unmotivated. There are five elements that need to be considered in […]
Sticky Goals
I believe that goal setting is absolutely crucial for growing your career and your business. The problem is that most goals become semantics. You know the situation where you write out a goal and end up putting it in either a file in your computer or a hard copy in your drawer and don’t […]