Tag: work flow
Four Strategies for Increasing Email Productivity
If you want to know what people value most, look at which email subject lines get the fastest replies from them. You’ll find that issues you consider priorities aren’t valued equally by others, and vice versa, which makes one-size-fits-all policies like “check email twice a day” or “turn off emailRead More
Meetings 101: Always Bring Something to the Table
During family dinners in my household, we’d all bring an item from the kitchen to the table. None was exempt from this ritual. No matter who cooked dinner that night, everyone ended up contributing to the meal because of what they brought to the table. What they brought was incidental–theRead More
Work Unplugged: Going Off The Grid
“Inaction speaks louder than words.” – Mike Vardy I’ve always wanted to quote myself. Call it self-adulation or self-indulgence if you will, but there’s a truth behind it: not making progress on something often can’t be saved by reasoning or excuses. You need to see things through to the end.Read More
Killer Chrome Extensions for Productive Browsing
Extensions for Google Chrome are proliferating at a fast and furious rate. Let’s look at some Chrome browser extensions to make your online productivity equally fast and furious.
Full Engagement at Work
Presence is the amount of time you’re at work: time in the office, at your desk, etc. Performance is the amount of time that you’re actually working.
Begin Your Work Day at the End of It
Use the end of your work day to set up the following morning. Get your planning out of the way ahead of time, so that you can start the day by diving right into action.
10 Online To Do List Manager Solutions to Get Things Done
Online to do list and task manager apps are becoming compelling alternatives to Outlook, especially when email integration with to do lists isn’t needed.
Be a Google Wave Rock Star
Email is for sending and receiving messages. Wave, on the other hand, is for posting and editing messages. I create a message, then add you to it.