Stephen Covey’s time management quadrants (from his best-selling book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People) have been referenced and utilized for decades, and they continue to be a valuable guide to improving your effectiveness in business and in life. The concept is pretty simple – all activities fall into […]
Don’t Wait for Time – Claim It!
May 13, 2016 Leave a Comment
You’ve experienced it before – you’re finishing up a significant project (at work or at home), finishing up school, stepping off of a board or otherwise freeing up time. You’re excited about no longer having to invest the time that you have been on whatever you’ve been engaged with. You’re […]
Would You Say Yes Again?©
September 22, 2014 1 Comment
In his fabulous book Good to Great, Jim Collins invites businesses and business leaders to focus on their people before anything else—what he refers to as “first who, then what.” Collins goes on to provide us with a seminal theme: Get the right people on the bus in the right […]
Stop Multitasking – Start Multi-Achieving©
September 16, 2014 Leave a Comment
Let’s just get it on the table. Some or many of you will NOT like this article and will immediately want to reject it. However, I invite you to hang in there for a moment or two and be willing to be open to a different perspective on multitasking. Our […]
Time Is Not Something to Be Managed©
January 16, 2014 Leave a Comment
I recently saw this quote from management guru Peter Drucker: “Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else.” Peter Drucker is indeed a business and management thought leader, but I don’t buy it. While time is precious, too much attention has been devoted to managing time rather than […]
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