Busy? Wish You Could Get More Done? Try This 101-Minute Cycle
3 April 2018A guest article for you today from my lovely daughter-in-law Lauren Parsons, well-being and productivity specialist, living in Canada until December. From the beginning of 2019 she’ll be back home and working closely with me and the Getting A Grip business: by Lauren Parsons If you’ve been on this planet for a while, chances […]
Can We Really Work Less Yet Achieve More?
13 March 2018Perpetual Guardian’s decision to try a shorter working week http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11990560 has created some interesting discussion. I congratulate Andrew Barnes for his bold experiment. From my 26 years of global experience on the topic of productivity, I believe they’re onto something really good. Perhaps you’re wondering whether to follow their example? Or, maybe you’d keep a […]
The Downside Of Always Being Available For Questions
5 May 2017Do you ever feel that you either have to come in early or stay late to get the ‘real’ work done? Does it seem that every minute of the day is gobbled up by phone calls, meetings and people saying ‘Have you got a minute?’ In the 25 years since I began specialising in the […]
Horrifying Email Overload Statistics
28 June 2016Email overload is always in the top five most common problems my workshop participants complain about. There are two core issues: 1. Information overload and what it’s doing to our productivity. 2. How long it takes to get refocused when we’re interrupted. First, information overload You’ll be interested in who’s researching and offering advice – […]
Back To Basics: A Crash Course On Procrastination
11 December 2013One of the most frequently asked questions I received from people during events and workshops was how to beat procrastination. Office workers, parents and the elderly- it seems that no one can escape the ‘head in the clouds’ syndrome. After all, procrastination is something that comes and goes, which we all suffer from on a […]
Values-Based Teaching Saves Time! (And gives heaps of other benefits)
11 February 2013I find all this very heartening – the fence at the top instead of the ambulance (and paddy wagon!) at the bottom. From a time perspective, surely all teachers want to reduce wasted time. What we’re seeing with these great practical examples is that by focusing on values you will change behaviour, thereby saving time with tiring […]
When Mistakes Are Okay
I met John very early in my career as a time management trainer and speaker. He had put himself through university by doing casual farm work. His story about the good and bad hay contractors, and how NOT to select a casual worker, is still as vivid as the day he told it. It was […]
There ARE Enough Hours in the Day!
10 February 2013I was participating in a live-to-air TV training session on time management when a caller rang in with a question. He is in the computer industry and wanted to know how he could balance his heavy and demanding workload with the demands of a young family. The question lingers in my mind – for a […]
How To Stretch Time – 24 Hours Is Enough!
29 January 2013As I participated some years back in a live-to-air TV training session on Time Management a caller rang in with a question. He was in the computer industry, and wanted to know how he could balance his heavy and demanding workload with the demands of a young family. The question lingers in my mind – for a […]
How to Manage Your Time With A Busy Workload
Has it ever happened that when the summer holidays have disappeared in a hot ball of sun, you catch yourself saying: ‘It can’t be that close to the next holidays already! I’m still catching up with the ‘beginning of year’ backlog!’ Or perhaps you’re one of the truly organised ones, who never feels behind-hand. If […]
