Why You Should Have a Productivity Routine
The following is a guest post by Jen Lamb. Jen writes for No Hype Time Management and is passionate about time management techniques and productivity. She wrote this at the kitchen table with her favorite pen nearby… the PC in the office isn’t good for creativity. Your Routine Matters I first thought about habits influencing productivity [...]
Continue Reading →30 Ways Your Company Is Wasting Time
Is Your Workplace a Productivity Obstacle Course? Does your company waste your employees’ time? Good leaders remove the obstacles from the path of their team. Similarly, good companies remove the productivity barriers preventing their workers from getting their jobs done. Does you company clear the way? Or does it constantly throw new challenges that impede [...]
Continue Reading →Doing What You Say & the Power of Walking The Talk
Walk the talk. A skill that has been lost by many. Simply put, doing what you say. Many people (and companies) these days seem to have forgotten this simple concept. Instead, we live in a daily environment of broken promises, unfulfilled statements, and even outright lies. Do you do what you say? Walking the Talk The “talk” [...]
Continue Reading →How to Remain Calm When Others Are Losing It
It’s going to be a chaotic day. How do I know? It’s Monday. OK, joking. But, I do predict that today will be filled with the normal last-minute tasks, fire drills, and unforeseen events. So, how do you keep yourself from being swept away in the stream of chaos? How do you remain calm while others are rushing [...]
Continue Reading →How You Can Cut Through Your Tasks Like a Laser
Some days are overwhelming. Some days come at us with a vengeance. Too many tasks, too many emergencies. How do you cut through the chaos to get to what is important? Some days it seems that you need a laser to blast through all your tasks. It’s All About Focus Lasers are powerful because they [...]
Continue Reading →9 Rogue Rules to Fix Corporate Email
Email has gotten out of control. Doubt it? Your employees are spending up to half of their day on it. What can we do to bring this productivity monster under control? (Hint: We may have to go rogue on this one.) Email Has Taken Over Email is here to stay. Despite our best efforts, it isn’t going [...]
Continue Reading →10 Bad Meeting Behaviors To Avoid
Are meetings at your company a free-for-all? Do they deteriorate into something that resembles near chaos? I have seen many corporate meetings that are less organized than a kindergarten class recess. Today, let’s address our bad meeting behavior. Meetings Gone Bad When did we start allowing this bad meeting behavior? Why do meeting settings tend to bring out [...]
Continue Reading →Calling All Time Management Ninjas…
This year is off to a great start! Thank you to all my readers, I truly appreciate your support. 2012 is going to be an exciting year. As the year gets off to a great launch, I invite you to get even more involved with TMN. Here are just a few ways… TMN Community Today [...]
Continue Reading →5 Habits to Ensure You Have a Healthier, More Productive 2012
The following is a guest post by Laura Lee Bloor of TenaciousLee.com. Ah, a new year. It provides a clean slate to correct our past mistakes, ingrain healthy habits and change our lives for the better. If you’re like millions of Americans, you have resolved to “get healthy” this year. Chances are you’ve made similar [...]
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