Desktop clutter – Productivity Tip
Desktop clutter – Productivity Tip Here’s an easy hack for reducing clutter on your desktop. The computer desktop has replaced the physical desktop in many ways. It’s important [...]
Looks can be deceiving, so we stick to tried and true Pareto.
Looks can be deceiving, so we stick to tried and true Pareto. My team (steeped in the 80/20 rule or Pareto Principle) came to me with this; Trello’s (new?) way of adding priorities to [...]
Lacking Discipline? Get Values Cheerleaders
Lacking Discipline? Get Values Cheerleaders I’ve been flying for over 50 years. How a plane defies gravity with its own massive weight along with the weight of passengers, baggage and [...]
A Simple Rule to Run Effective Meetings
A Simple Rule to Run Effective Meetings Ask your team to identify their biggest productivity killer and inevitably two issues will rise to the top of the list: managing their inboxes and their [...]
How to break a habit that makes your life miserable: an exercise
How to break a habit that makes your life miserable: an exercise I stumbled upon Thomas Oppong’s article, Why Eliminating Behaviors That Make You Miserable Can Make You Happier, which references [...]
To use a habit tracker app or not to use a habit tracker app
To use a habit tracker app or not to use a habit tracker app Getting into a habit tracker app (apps that help us remember to study our Spanish, do our push-ups in the morning and drink at least [...]
How to improve team productivity and how to measure it
How to improve team productivity and how to measure it This is where most companies succeed or fail. We’ve all seen big companies start from the ground up. Microsoft, Apple, Uber and many others [...]
Why leaders are blind to the most important productivity opportunity of all
Email is the leading cause of preventable productivity loss in organizations today. Forbes Magazine (2008) Employees spend 1 to 3 or more hours per day managing email at 40-60% of capacity. Â That [...]
Most salespeople completely blow their first newbiz meeting – including you
You land a meeting with a prospect that you’ve been researching for quite some time.  Then you make the same mistake that most sales people make: you book an hour-long meeting at her office. [...]
Guest blog: Training vs. Learning: do you want to train? Or have someone learn?
Training successfully educates only those who are predisposed to the new material. Others may endeavor to learn during class but may not permanently adopt it. The problem isn’t the value of [...]
