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Time Management, Getting Things Done, How to be More Productive, Increase Efficiency, Maximum Results in Minimum Time®, Get More Done in Less Time, Leave the Office Earlier®, Productivity
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Monday Nov 30, 2009
Engaged Employees Are More Productive
Monday Nov 30, 2009
Monday Nov 30, 2009
Hopefully by now we all get it: this economy is challenging, things are changing, and everyone is looking for ways to do more with less. Unfortunately, as many companies struggle to adjust to this new reality, opportunities are being missed. Often we are so focused on stretching an organization’s financial and other resources that we become less effective in managing our human resources.
(C) Copyright 2009 Laura Stack. All rights reserved.
Thursday Mar 19, 2009
Productivity for Leaders: Creating a Productive Team Environment
Thursday Mar 19, 2009
Thursday Mar 19, 2009
Personal productivity is one thing. But once you take on leadership responsibilities, productivity is a whole new ball game. Suddenly it is no longer just a matter of being the best you can be, but of bringing out the best in those around you.
This can be hard! Priorities compete. Personalities conflict. And let’s face it: some folks just won’t always be as committed as you are to putting in a productive day’s work – bad days happen (even to the best of us).
So how do you go about creating a productive team environment that contributes not only to individual productivity, but also to that of the group as a whole?
Thursday Mar 05, 2009
Recessionary Productivity Strategies: How to Get Lean and Mean in 2009
Thursday Mar 05, 2009
Thursday Mar 05, 2009
Times are tough.
That means businesses everywhere are forced to do more with less. Budgets are being cut. Headcounts are being reduced. In many offices across the country, the only thing that isn’t being reduced is the workload.
It all comes down to finding ways to do more with less – more work with fewer people, bigger projects on smaller budgets.
Just remember that, historically, great opportunities have been found in times of great challenge and hardship. Now, as organizations and as individuals, we all have a (hopefully!) once in a lifetime opportunity to look a global financial crisis in the face and excel in spite of it.
So how do we survive and thrive in an economy that bites back? It’s time to take the gloves off and get lean and mean in 2009.
(C) 2009 Laura Stack. www.TheProductivityPro.com
Monday Jan 26, 2009
Go on a Low-Information Diet and Increase Efficiency
Monday Jan 26, 2009
Monday Jan 26, 2009
Pretty much anybody you ask will tell you they’re pressed for time. There just aren’t enough hours to get it all done, yadda yadda yadda. So we prioritize, streamline, and simplify. You can improve your efficiency until you’re blue in the face, not to mention very tightly wound, but you still aren’t addressing one of the biggest time and energy wasters in your day: incoming information. As my 12-year-old daughter, Meagan, would text on her phone: “TMI” (translation: Too Much Information).
If the 21st century has brought us anything, it is WAY too much information. You can watch several channels full of cable news 24 hours a day. You can surf the internet on any topic until you can’t see straight. Most people could heat their home with the amount of junk mail they receive on a continuous basis. Imagine the time and productivity lost just sorting though it all!
So why not join me and put yourself on a low-information diet? Make this the year that you say “NO MORE!” to the endless onslaught of time-wasting, productivity-eating, stress-inducing STUFF coming at you.
Listen below for a few ideas to get you started.
Tuesday Jan 20, 2009
The Importance of Productivity During Down Times
Tuesday Jan 20, 2009
Tuesday Jan 20, 2009
To succeed and keep their doors open, companies must make more money but spend less money and create greater results with fewer resources. You could attempt to cut salaries, benefits, staff, costs, or the quality of your products—all poor options. A better choice? Increase employee productivity. If you have 10 people, and you can get them to improve their productivity by 10%, you just effectively added another staff person without increasing salary expense—a much more attractive response. To do this, your employees need your help.
Tuesday Jan 20, 2009
Social Media – What, Why – And How To Be Productive
Tuesday Jan 20, 2009
Tuesday Jan 20, 2009
Like it or not, social media sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter are here to stay – and it isn’t just kid stuff anymore. In fact, businesses and individuals worldwide keep finding interesting ways to use social networks and other interactive online media to do some pretty amazing things – from building their brands to getting to know their customers. How do you keep it from sabotaging your productivity?