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Why Your Productivity Hacks Don’t Hack It

Markovitz Consulting

You can read that version, with more links to related articles, here.) ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— Leaders in organizations are always seeking to improve employee productivity (including their own). All too often, that quest goes no further than time management training provided by the HR department.

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Recharge Your Time Management

The Clever Consultant

I love spending time with my family and getting away from my desk. Yet, I hate the feeling of not being productive. I like to come back from time-off refreshed and recharged, feeling like I’ve got everything underfoot. Notice I didn’t say “productive”. I have a love-hate relationship with holidays. That’s a fact.

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I'm Teaching an Open-Enrollment Time Management Class on Apr 17-18

Markovitz Consulting

I’m teaching (via Zoom) a time/workflow management class at the Stanford Continuing Studies Program on Apr 17-18. The material is adapted from my Shingo Research Award-winning book, A Factory of One , which shows you how to apply lean production principles to individual knowledge work.

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Productivity Boost for Consultants

Consulting Success

Productivity Boost for Consultants is a post from: Consulting Success.

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Book Recommendation: Ultimate Sales Machine by Chet Holmes

Kai Davis

This week, I have book recommendations for you! With the Holiday season coming up, you’re likely thinking of books to buy those special (business) people in your life — or getting asked questions like, “Hey, uh, what books are you interested in? On to the first entry in this year’s book recommendation list!

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Learning without training – Books

The Management Centre

And whilst we spend almost all of our time delivering training, we wholeheartedly believe in learning lots of things in lots of different ways. In this blog we take a look at how to learn from reading, and have book recommendations for you. There are thousands of management and leadership books, on all kinds of topics.

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Book Recommendation: Four Thousand Weeks

Kai Davis

The best new book I read this year was Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman: [link]. After I finished reading it (in March of 2022), I sent a text to a friend saying something like this: Four Thousand Weeks will probably be the best new book I read this year—six out of five stars. I wish everyone would read this book.