Searching for ways to improve performance at work? You’re likely to discover a wide range of tips and tricks. While many of them are useful, the real value is when these tips work together in a coordinated system of strategies that busy professionals can use to...
Finding focus in the workplace these days is harder than ever. We have distractions coming to us from technology, our work environment, and the people around us. Fortunately, there’s a set of skills you can master that can vastly improve your ability to focus in the...
It's no wonder so many people desperately need a burnout recovery plan. The World Health Organization validated something that all busy professionals know about today's work culture: Burnout is very real. Last year, WHO added burnout to its handbook of medical...
Updated September 10, 2021 “Stop procrastinating by using the ‘2 minute rule’ of time management.” This is a popular refrain I hear over and over from productivity experts. The problem is that often this “2 minute rule” isn’t used correctly. It makes me imagine...
Guest post by Shawn Thomas With the vast number and variety of employee training options available, many business leaders wonder how they can best choose corporate training programs that will deliver the results their company needs and wants. For those leaders who...
Guest post by Shawn Thomas Imagine a lake filled with water so clear you can see the bottom, even at a depth of a hundred feet. Once you've taken moment to imagine that incredible scene, consider another, slightly different scene. This time, instead of crystal clear...
Work-life management skills for personal and company productivity are not taught in school and, as a result, workers are often left to their own devices (sticky notes, flags in email, writing and reviewing paper lists, etc.) with mixed results. There are too many...
Several months ago I wrote an article about productivity and time management tools (also called PIMs for "personal information managers"), and I ended that by writing, "the process is the missing piece to using any tool successfully." The most important element of...
