I was invited back to work with a second group of senior leaders to improve their time management. Our ‘Productive Time’ programme is concise, direct and immediately actionable which is just what this team of go-getters needed. The problem was that they were six months into their leadership development programme and to-date had not been challenged…
If a leopard can’t change its spots, how can a human change their behaviour? Speaking on time styles and their effects on a team is something we do regularly over at the WNDYR camp. We lean towards effortlessness and look for fun ways to be productive. Each and every day that we go to work, we help our clients…
I was the speaker at a sales conference in Joberg last week, a speech that focuses the listener on how to make time to meet more clients and close more deals. It was only in the ensuing Q&A session that the topic of quitting mail emerged. “So how do I get my team to quit…
An article on BBC News – Could work emails be banned after 6pm? had me quivering with excitement as an attempt to help technology addicts ‘switch off’. In short, Tom de Castella reports that ‘France has brought in rules to protect employees from work email disturbing them outside of office hours.’ Essentially affecting about a million digital and…
While it might be of value to meet, it’s only the super high value meetings, the ones that contribute directly to your company’s bottom line and your well-being that should happen first thing in the morning. If those aren’t your meetings, then rather schedule them for late morning or better yet, later in the afternoon.…