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Improving Your Productivity
The document discusses strategies to find an extra 8 hours in a week through effective time management and productivity improvement techniques. Key points include assessing time usage, reducing wasted time on emails and meetings, and structuring daily activities for optimal focus. It also promotes the use of virtual assistants to enhance productivity.
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Improving Your Productivity
- 1. The Productivity Challenge Find anextra 8 hours in every week Russell Cummings S t r a t e g i c B u s i n e s s D e v e l o p m e n t
- 2. Russell Cummings Business Advisorand Coach – 28 years - working primarily with family and privately owned businesses and industry organisations Strategy Coach Leadership
- 3. “If you can’tdo your job in a 10- hour day during the week, you’re either overworked or incompetent.” Mike Abel Chief Exec – M&C Saatchi Australia BRW – April 23, 2009
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- 5. Beliefs – Why? Whyare you poor at time management? 1. Attitude – work ethic 2. Health - diet and exercise 3. Sleep – need 8 hours per night
- 6. Waste What? What areyou doing with your time?
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- 8. My Time Audit MUSTDo’s: Reduce wasted time on emails, web and social media Reduce amount of time with Team without reducing quality Increase time for strategy, marketing, sales and training Reduce hours worked Travel not included 5 hrs per week Productivity 45% chargeable
- 9. Setup a Framework Mydaily roster: Client work – 4 hours Marketing & Sales – 2 hours Strategy & Development – 1 hour Team Management – 1 hour Expansion Time – 2 hours
- 10. Be Strategic Exercise: What arethe Top 3 things you MUST focus on?
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- 13. Setting Priorities Quiet Time Use modelover different timeframes – annual, quarterly, monthly, weekly
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- 15. Email Check max. 3 timesper day Check once every day or so Set up Rules Turn off notifications Don’t check it first thing in the morning Chain > 2 Use phone
- 16. Interruptions Impromptu Mee+ngs Disorganised office Phone calls Surfing the web
- 17. More productivity tools Video Conf Integrated Systems
- 18. Exercise What are 3actions that you can take away from today to save yourself 8 hours in the next week?
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- 21. Change Potential D V P Change Dissa+sfac+on Vision Plan
- 22. Next Webinar Making thebest use of Virtual Assistants – the Why, the How, and What of improving your productivity with a VA Wednesday, November 13, 2013 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm AWST (Perth) 5:30 pm – 6:00 pm AEDT (Sydney) 7:30 pm – 8:00 pm NZDT (Auckland) 1. Understand why you might be able to use a Virtual Assistant 2. Learn how to find one; 3. Pick up some Tips and Tricks for maximising your productivity and your VA’s.
- 23. Thanks Strategy into Action www.sbdbusiness.com.au RussellCummings S t r a t e g i c B u s i n e s s D e v e l o p m e n t