Chronicles from a Caribbean Cubicle
New Thinking from Framework Consulting
What is a manager supposed to do when his/her team lacks the time management skills needed to get the job done? We often make the mistake of thinking that these skills are “basic.”
Nothing could be further from the truth.
The Pitfalls of Lacking Time Management
I recently wrote a provocative article on how executives are blindly putting demands on their employees that are ruining their productivity.
It’s my dream that one day it will adorn the walls of cubicles of every Caribbean company!
Over at 2Time Labs and MyTimeDesign, I have crafted a new niche to explore in 2012.
Prompted by a post-conference workshop I’m presenting in September at the Institute for Challenging Disorganization, I am finding that there is very little help being provided to those who are tasked with improving the productivity of others.
In the past, it’s boiled down to “Here, read this book.”
To get things rolling, I have written a couple of article for the Sunday Gleaner and the Stepcase Lifehack website.
It’s fascinating to me that no-one has done much to help professionals who don’t know where to start. In 2012, we’re out to change that.
We are offering NewHabits Foundations once again in Kingston April 26th, at the Medallion Hall Hotel.
Visit our information page for details on our time management 2.0 training that includes an Email Overload Module as well as 6 weeks of additional e-Learning.
My time management and productivity programme is returning to Kingston on January 26th. NewHabits Foundations now features a new add-on, in the form of a module titled “Email Overload.”
For more information about the programme, visit http://newhabitsja.info
I gave a workshop at the May 2011 JEF Convention on the topic of Smartphone Productivity. It’s not a new topic for me to tackle, but it’s the first time I’m addressing it here in Jamaica.
My first article in the Jamaica Sunday Gleaner came out a week ago: “Why We Aren’t Doing Enough About Jamaica’s Productivity.”
I’d love to hear your comments here on Chronicles as there will be follow-up articles to look at the problem in greater depth.
I recently had an article published in the Trinidad Newsday that was reprinted on the Guardian Life of the Caribbean website. It deals with a popular mis-conception we have in the region, that time management skills are something people are born with, rather than develop over time.
This interview was short and pretty funny — due to the fun attitude of the hosts. During the interview, there was a particularly hilarious, unscripted moment that demonstrated the topic of the day – information overload.
There was a radio interview later that night on the same topic that was also quite interesting, featuring a psychologist, an activist and a journalist… Click on this link at the 2Time website to be taken to my Audios page — look for the interview on Information Overload.
Let me know what you think of the interview!
I just wrote, recorded and video’d a new Special Report related to the latest thinking on personal productivity. The 22 page document is called “8 Edgy Ideas from Time Management 2.0” and it’s available as a free download from my website: http://www.2time-sys.com/2010/10/06/a-new-special-report/
Also, there is are free multimedia recordings on the Audio page, and the Video page. (The latter is a short introduction.)
Take your time, and let me know what you think in the comments on the information page.