I have blogged about Scrum and action meetings. Other alternative ways to Save Time in Meetings are:
Abandon as many meetings as you can. Only participate in meetings where action occurs. Monitor the action after a meeting and if progress is not being made, make it clear that the next meeting will be deferred until progress has […]
As my first wife and I approached our thirties it became clear that we were carrying a lot of baggage. It was affecting our work and home life. Pauline, who had studied psychology at university, suggested we enrol in a course called “Turning Point.”
We assembled in a large room with around 60 others. We were […]
Besides learning to focus on the rocks each day here are some other suggestions.
Create some space, each week, where you can think about your future. No phone calls, no texts, no face book, just carrying out those important but not yet urgent tasks. Getting ahead of the game. On a Friday morning I work […]
Ten tips to recapture time. Covey’s “First things first”
Stephen Covey in his book “First things first” he observed that great leaders appear less stressed and seemed to have more time on their hands. He drew a four quadrant time management diagram pointing out that far too often we are firefighting in “urgent and not important” quadrant, […]
Stephen Covey in his book First Things First observes that great leaders appear less stressed and seem to have more time on their hands than the rest of us. He drew a time-management diagram, pointing out that far too often we are firefighting in the ‘urgent and not important’ quadrant. We should instead allow such […]
Recently, I wrote an article “Time’s Up” for ACCA Global. It was about time management and it clearly struck a chord, due to the higher than normal correspondence with readers. Here is an extract:
Stephen Covey in his book First Things First observes that great leaders appear less stressed and seem to have more time on […]
Many initiatives fail because the leader does not get behind the projects enough. Many leaders have an attention deficit disorder that rivals any teenager’s concentration span. An additional problem is that some projects are started and with proper counsel, would never have left the drawing-board.
Some ways you can make a difference in this area include:
Monitor […]