One Change That Adds Up To 30 Extra Days Of Productivity Each Year
With four children and a business, time is definitely a precious commodity around here. However, I’ve recently adopted a new habit that gives me the [...]
Fall Is A Time Of Change And A Great Time To Make Changes To Your Routine
I like to think that when it comes to Fall there are two kinds of people; those who love it and those who hate it. [...]
10 Communication Principles Effective Leaders Embrace
Strong leaders know effective communication fuels their success. It is single-handedly the most critical way to engage people to achieve outstanding results. Despite its power, [...]
Two Simple Approaches to Organizing Your Receipts
Receipts can be tough to deal with. They clutter your wallet, create chaos on your counters and seem to multiply like rabbits in your desk [...]
5 Ways to Improve a Vacation Coverage Policy
A vacation may not feel exactly like a vacation if we keep getting pulled back into work. That’s why a lot of teams arrange for [...]
Unconventional Ways to Boost Productivity
In my home town, just north of Toronto, the hot sunny days are finally here. Life definitely changes as we shed our winter layers and [...]
5 Reasons why MBWA could be your best management strategy yet
As managers, we are often inundated with questions throughout the day. This is part of the job – we simply need to be accessible. However, [...]
What the Stock Market Can Teach Us About Productivity
As we know, the stock market rewards short-term performance. It cares little about our plans for next quarter or next year. It is purely focused [...]
The Best Way to Overcome Meeting Drain
As extroverted as I am, nothing makes me dread a day more than back-to-back meetings. All. Day. Long. It isn’t the meetings so much as [...]
5 Ways to Cut Back on Meetings
At first glance, we should have no trouble fitting three types of work into our days: meetings; independent work; and miscellaneous communications (email, phone calls [...]