Meetings should be an engine of productivity in your organisation. Are you getting the most from your work meetings or (yawn) are they generally just a waste of time for everyone who attends? According to a recent survey conducted by Atlassian , the average employee spends around 62 hours every month in meetings. And sadly, around half of those were considered a waste of time. So that means in the course of a month, each employee is wasting around 31 hours in unproductive meetings. And that’s affecting your company’s bottom line. Here’s a quick and simple exercise for you - next time you ..read more

The amount of 'noise' coming from your email (no, not the sound; the high volume of non-essential emails that overload our inboxes) is increasing and can make us more stressed than we already are. So, how can we take back control? Before embarking on a training program with an organisation, we like each delegate to complete a Productivity Assessment so that we understand the challenges people are currently facing when it comes to managing their workload. And nine times out of 10, the number one issue that people have - from support staff right up to the CEO - is email overload .   Clea ..read more

When you're finding it difficult to get things done because of the constant barrage of emails, direct messages, social media posts, phone calls, meetings; it's time to upskill your productivity and time management skills and put some processes in place. But you also need to think about your work fuel . When you learn the tools and techniques around productivity and time management and use (more effectively) some time-saving processes and digital apps, you'll be surprised how much more productive you will become. However, there's something else that fuels our productivity - one of the most i ..read more

Many people are excited about getting back to the office after a long stint working from home during the pandemic. But for those of us who work in a modern, open-plan office it can be a place of constant interruptions that prevents us from getting our best work done. Jason Fried, in his book Remote , calls the office an 'interruption factory' and even goes as far as saying that 'work doesn't happen at work'. According to Fried, a busy office makes it incredibly hard to get any meaningful work done when you're constantly interrupted from the time you arrive until the time you leave: meetings ..read more

Learning how to make improvements in your concentration and focus is nothing more than learning and mastering a few techniques, or making a few lifestyle changes. Sometimes, it just takes forming a new habit and you'll see results immediately. Here are 9 simple habits to boost your brain power:   Exercise Regularly Studies have consistently shown that regular exercise significantly improves focus and concentration. The guideline usually given for exercise is to get enough exercise three times a week that you break into a sweat. Actually, more moderate exercise more frequently can have ..read more

Most of us are now accustomed to the joys of working from home. Some of us love it and have the perfect setup. Others, well you're just finding it really tough to get any work done in between juggling kids, hanging out the washing, or politely discouraging the drop-in visitors. The distractions can be endless. If you think about it, many offices are also places of endless distraction - especially the modern 'open plan' variety that so many companies have embraced. In Jason Fried's book, Remote, he calls the office 'an interruption factory'. In his experience, he found people would stay long ..read more

Today’s workforce is experiencing job burnout and stress in epidemic proportions. Many people feel the demands of the workplace, combined with the demands of home, have become too much to handle. Could your organisation be under threat of a Great Resignation tsunami? In 2021, a new term - 'The Great Resignation' - was coined by Anthony Klotz, an associate professor at Texas A&M University, during a media interview. Klotz was describing the millions of burnt-out workers in the US who quit their jobs after re-evaluating work-life balance in light of the Covid pandemic. “It’s not just abou ..read more

Most of us are now accustomed to the joys of working from home. Some of us love it and have the perfect setup. Others, well you're just finding it really tough to get any work done in between juggling kids, hanging out the washing, or politely discouraging the drop-in visitors. The distractions can be endless. If you think about it, many offices are also places of endless distraction - especially the modern 'open plan' variety that so many companies have embraced. In Jason Fried's book, Remote, he calls the office 'an interruption factory'. In his experience, he found people would stay long ..read more

Meetings should be an engine of productivity in your organisation. Are you getting the most from your work meetings or (yawn) are they generally just a waste of time for everyone who attends? According to a recent survey conducted by Atlassian , the average employee spends around 62 hours every month in meetings. And sadly, around half of those were considered a waste of time. So that means in the course of a month, each employee is wasting around 31 hours in unproductive meetings. And that’s affecting your company’s bottom line. Here’s a quick and simple exercise for you - next time you ..read more

The amount of 'noise' coming from your email (no, not the sound; the high volume of non-essential emails that overload our inboxes) is increasing and can make us more stressed than we already are. So, how can we take back control? Before embarking on a training program with an organisation, we like each delegate to complete a Productivity Assessment so that we understand the challenges people are currently facing when it comes to managing their workload. And nine times out of 10, the number one issue that people have - from support staff right up to the CEO - is email overload .   Clea ..read more