In our busy lives, we’re often drowned in endless todos. Yet, the idea of crafting a “Not To Do List” might just be the lifeline we need. This innovative tool isn’t about limiting potential; it’s about sharpening focus, enhancing productivity, and ensuring our wellbeing. By consciously choosing what we avoid, we spotlight what truly enriches…
Time blocking stands as a potent strategy for those aiming to master their time and elevate their productivity. By dedicating specific blocks to tasks, incorporating regular breaks, and adapting to changes, individuals can forge a balanced, efficient schedule
Specifically, the habit of writing down your top 3 priorities every morning (or the night before) can transform your day from chaotic to controlled, from stressful to successful.
Performance feedback is a critical element of professional growth and job satisfaction. It motivates, informs, and engages, serving as a catalyst for improvement.
Technology can be a bane or a boon depending on how one uses it. In this rapid-changing world where digitalization has become the norm, technology has helped to make things faster, eco-friendly (less use of paper) and helps one stay connected. But the issue is that technology is often misused in the workplace and this…
If there is one thing that professionals feel they don?t have enough of is TIME, and this may be due to the lack of smart time management. Those who do find their way to make the best use of every second of their day more smartly and efficiently will swear by the benefits of managing…
Being a better manager is crucial for creating a positive impact on your staff. Indeed, a good manager often stands as a cornerstone behind a team’s success and productivity. Even if you have a natural knack for management, it demands continuous effort to maintain and enhance your skills.
With the rapid changes in the world economy coupled with geopolitical divides, organizations are going through challenging times. The unexpected changes have left employees grasping for direction and support; Mentoring is the most common way of filling this void and help the employees navigate through turbulent times. Easier said than done, designing and implementing a…
Helping your direct reports or team members learn through experiences, though, is easier said than done. This article is designed to offer tips and guidelines for creating and implementing on-the-job learning experiences for your team members or direct reports.
Elevating your life through setting high life standards is both a journey and a destination. It’s about continuously challenging ourselves to grow, improve, and achieve more than we ever thought possible.
As we look forward to the new financial year, the path to finding your next gig is laden with opportunities and challenges. By embracing popular voting, listening to the customer, and studying time usage, you position yourself and your team for success.
The skill most vital to avoiding career blunders is effectively leading through change. This requires an openness to new ideas and the persistence to overcome challenges, even when the path forward is unclear.
Achieving your goal often requires changes in your behavior, habits, or thinking. It’s about identifying what resources you have at your disposal and what adjustments you need to make.
Individuals and groups write action plans as a record of how they intend to use the training imparted to them in future. It is often helpful to use a series of headings or prompt questions to assist in formulations of action plans, as these can help in focusing attention on particular areas of action appropriate to the circumstances.
Widespread changes in the organizational environment have led to fundamental changes in how work gets done. Team members are highly interdependent on each other to get the work done. Thus, a managers task has become even more difficult with these changes and he/ she gets pushed from both the sides. To simplify your work life,these…
Our brain is an expert at making logical connections when it encounters an issue; now this may work if you have previously encountered and tackled a similar situation. When you hit a roadblock with a new issue, a good starting point is to ask ?Why? five times and see how many causes you can come up with. This increases the odds of a better solution because you can see more connections
Usage of 360 degree will push you to confront the issues and negative feedback head on, rather than dismissing it as one of the events, additionally it gives you more courage to deal with developmental and critical feedback.
We are about to enter the month of December and are getting ready for the year-end rituals. One of the biggest annual rituals performed by most of the organizations is the ?Annual Appraisal Ceremony?; more often than not this leaves a bitter taste in the mouth of the appraisee with the appraisers leaving no stone…
Performance management positively impacts employees? performance and productivity.? Data from Development Dimensions International ? an international major in the field of HR Consulting, shows that the percentage of goals achieved by employees increases substantially when a formal performance management system is put in place. With a good performance management program in place, managers indicated that…
There are many exotic answers on how do you increase your productivity? The secret to increasing productivity is to replace unimportant tasks with valuable ones. That’s according to London Business School professor Julian Birkinshaw and PA Consulting Group productivity expert Jordan Cohen, who have spent three years researching how knowledge workers (mis)spend their time. Our…
Once a quarter?or so, I find it valuable to step back and ask:?How am I doing? Otherwise, you can end up consumed by work for years at a time and not be really happy, or not be really getting anywhere. So it?s helpful to take some time to step back and check in with yourself….
Why do some people achieve their goals while others fail? I believe it’s because successful people manage to overcome five barriers that, in many cases, guarantee failure. Here are those barriers and how to overcome them: 1. Uninspiring Goals When most people set goals, they envision a “thing,” such as a particular amount of money,…
How much does the first hour of every day matter? As it turns out, a lot. It can be the hour you see everything clearly, get one real thing done, and focus on the human side of work rather than your task list. Remember when you used to have a period at the beginning of…
From the top rungs of the management to the first line worker, everyone across sectors is looking for ways to be more productive at work. There are no magic pills to boost productivity and caffeine only helps so much. The other option of working extra hours to increase your productivity screws up your work life…