We all know how important it is to prioritise our work. At work especially, we can be inundated by all the urgent stuff and tend to respond to the endless pressures of the moment. I've always found the Covey Matrix helpful when trying to prioritise...
When I talk to people about prioritising their workload or their time, I almost always use Stephen Covey's Time Management Matrix. It's been around a long time, but I love how it often reveals our inherent tendency to focus on urgent tasks at the expense...
Parkinson's Law Have you heard of Parkinson's Law? It is the adage that 'work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion', first articulated by British bureaucrat Cyril Northcote Parkinson. Or sometimes shortened to "Work expands to fill time". We see Parkinson's Law...
The other day, was reminded of why I love Microsoft OneNote so much. I’ve been developing a few new training programs over the past few weeks as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. As I've done so, I noticed a few things here and there that...
We live in a 'switched on' world. We've always loved being connected to others – that's human nature – so the arrival of social media along with computers in our hands (and even on our wrists) was something we were all-too-ready to welcome. And welcome...
Over the past few years, as part of the introduction to some of my productivity training programs, I've been asking groups this question: "What are the upsides and downsides of the impact of technology in the workplace?" The responses are hardly surprising, but I believe...
Microsoft OneNote is a powerful productivity tool that is quickly gaining popularity as more and more people get Laptops and other devices for work. But it is also a fantastic tool for sharing information and very importantly, collaborating with others in real time! You can collaborate...
The Outlook “To Do Bar” offers some fantastic features to assist you in managing your Workload. The To Do Bar is is nestled on the right hand side of your Outlook Inbox. It is usually on by default, though many people tend to ignore it. The...
From Paper to Microsoft OneNote My journey to electronic note-taking using Microsoft OneNote has been quite a few years in the making. More than 10 years ago, I decided to fully embrace my electronic calendar at work. That seemed like an obvious transition to make at...
How to create a Microsoft Outlook Task So are you one of these people who have seen Microsoft Outlook Tasks, but never really explored or tried to see if using Outlook Tasks might work for you? Maybe you have used the odd Outlook Task, but you never...