Manage Yourself ; Manage Others ; Be a Leader
Here is a list of cheat sheets, podcasts, and blog posts related to ‘Be More Productive’. Please click on a topic to see more information.
Cheat Sheets:
- Writing Performance Appraisals
- Delegate Effectively
- Time Management Skills and Techniques
- Get More Done by Focusing on Your Circle of Control
- Dealing With Work Overload – The Sequel
- Conducting Effective Meetings
- Overload at Work
- Brainstorming Exercises
- Email is Evil
- Multitasking Skills
- Business Alignment Strategies
- Capturing Discretionary Effort
- Top 10 Work-Life Balance Tips
- Strawman Proposals
- Delegating Responsibility: The Monkey on Your Back
- Structured Decision Making: The Six Factor Analysis Method
- Top 10 Manager Challenges (Part B – Managing Stress)
- SMART Goals and HARD Goals
- Corporate Culture: Key Levers to Change or Strengthen Culture
- Procrastination – Later, Dude!
- Project Post Mortems
- The von Manstein Matrix
- Office Design – Enclosed Offices vs. Cube Farm
- Getting Ahead
- Help! I’m a Micro-Manager
- Time and Priority Management
Podcasts/Videos:
- Circles of Focus
- Dealing With Work Overload – The Sequel
- Conducting Effective Meetings
- “I’m Overwhelmed”: Dealing With Work Overload
- Structured Brainstorming
- Using Email as a Force for Good, not Evil
- Business Alignment Strategies
- Capturing Discretionary Effort
- Top 10 Work-Life Balance Tips
- Straw Man and Straw Dogs
- Who’s Got The Monkey? Delegating Responsibility
- Structured Decision Making: The Six Factor Analysis Method
- Top 10 Manager Challenges (Part B)
- SMART Goals Are Dumb
- Corporate Culture
- Procrastination – Later, Dude!
- Project Post Mortems
- The Von Manstein Matrix
- Enclosed Offices vs. Cube Farm?
- Help! I’m a Micro-Manager
- One-on-One Meetings: The Most Important Meeting of Your Week
- Performance Appraisals
- Delegate Effectively
- Leadership Boot Camp
- Getting Ahead
- Time and Priority Management
Blog Posts:
- Time and Priority Management
- Top 3 Excuses to NOT Have Regular One-on-Ones
- Raw Courage Drives Workplace Performance
- Delegate – Unless You’d Rather Be a Martyr
- The Ugly Truth About Your Time
- Busier Than a Squirrel on Speed
- The Bureaucratic Decoder — Unveiled
- Note to Self: Take More Notes
- Overwhelmed? Try the 3-Martini Lunch
- Education versus Experience
- Be the Master of Your Email Domain
- Multi-Tasking Rush: The Recreational Drug of Choice
- Fast Track to Alignment: Ignore Head Office
- The Myth of Work-Life Balance
- A Zero Accountability Corporate Culture
- Can’t Decide? Flip a Coin
- Meeting Survival Guide
- Dealing With Manager Stress? Try Not Giving a Crap
- The SMART Goals Acronym, BHAGs, and Other Silliness
- Changing Corporate Culture — the show about nothing
- Avoid Procrastination — and Coffee Shops
- The Project Post Mortem: A Good Investment
- The 80/20 Rule and the Office Martyr
- Time for an Effective Meeting Intervention
- Job Descriptions — Probably Poorly Done, Almost Certainly Useless
- Want a High Performance Team? Ditch Your Star
- Micro-Managing: A Great Way to Get Fired
- The Results-Oriented Work Environment (ROWE)
- Your Smart Phone Could Get You Fired
- Summer and Pretending to Work