Get Organised to Reduce Stress and Improve Productivity Imagine the last time that you felt stressed. Maybe it was this morning as you opened up your seemingly endless queue of emails demanding responses. Maybe it was last week when your boss asked you to take on...
The 4Ds Behind Managing Email And Taking Back Your Inbox There's no denying it, managing email has become an essential business skill we all need to have. Email has changed the way we work, allowing fast and effective communication with colleagues, clients and collaborators, both in the...
Practical Tips to Get Your To-Do List Under Control In some ways, I envy Frodo Baggins. The daring Hobbit, central to the iconic fantasy series The Lord of The Rings, had just one item on his to-do list: to get The One Ring to Mordor. One...
The Multitasking Myth: How multitasking ruins your productivity Do you think you can multitask or is the multitasking myth actually true? Most of us think we can of course. In fact some of the comments and questions I get on this subject in my personal productivity training are...
Create a To Do List to Improve Productivity In my personal productivity training, I often ask how many people habitually create a To Do List to help them manage their workload. The results vary with each group of course, but it is not uncommon to have...
Here Are The Do's and Don'ts when Juggling Priorities Well I don't mean literally of course, although perhaps it could help improve your mental sharpness...
How to create a Microsoft Outlook Task So are you one of these people who have seen Microsoft Outlook Tasks, but never really explored or tried to see if using Outlook Tasks might work for you? Maybe you have used the odd Outlook Task, but you never...
Do you really want to change the way you manage time? We are always wiser in hindsight aren't we…or are we? Many of us mutter phrases like “If I only had time!” under our breath…, and sometimes out loud… We talk about managing time better, go on...
Can you improve the productivity of meetings you lead? I believe it is certainly possible. In fact, I'd say it is imperative that you strive to do so. Someone once described the best meeting as…… “a meeting where two people are to attend and one is...
Enhance your productivity by using Outlook Tasks as your To Do List I have long been an advocate of creating and maintaining a comprehensive To Do or Task List. I consider it a key personal productivity tool. If you are a natural list maker, there is much...