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Teams365 #3110 – Time Management and Personal Productivity Myth - 24/7—It’s about working around the clock.

7/11/2022

If you have been following the debate around remote work, hybrid work and heading back to the office, you will be very familiar with the myth that’s been busted in recent years around working 24/7 and working around the clock.

As I write in Reconnecting Workspaces (link to Amazon.com) “The Law of Diminishing Returns states that at a certain point, your inputs do not meet your output. In any project (writing a book, creating a presentation, writing out a new plan), there will be a point when things are “good enough.”

As you consider your major projects right now, ask yourself these questions
How much is enough?
What does success look like?
What value add will there be if you dedicate another hour? Four hours? ___ hours?
What do you notice about the Law of Diminishing Return for your projects right now?

Enjoy the conversation,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized |Reconnecting Workspaces | Group Coaching Essentials
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
Follow us on Instagram @ReconnectingWorkspaces
Phone: (416)996-8326

Check out my TEDx talk - Virtual, Remote and Hybrid Checklist

Looking to bring your workplaces back together, whether you are remote, hybrid, or face-to-face? Pick up a copy of my book, Reconnecting Workspaces, at Amazon.

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Teams365 #2976 - Productivity in the Remote Space – Six Key Areas to Explore from PlanDoTrack

2/22/2022

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In 2019 I released PlanDoTrack, a workbook planner for virtual and remote professionals. I host a sister block over at PlanDoTrack.com which hosts many posts around productivity in the remote space. Here’s what I highlighted as six core areas for remote work early last year.

Consider how each of these could support you:

Daily Focus: Creating traction is a key part of exceptional work. IT’s the little steps which add up, and stack up, which I frame as “Daily Steps + Consistent Action = Momentum” in the Coaching Business Builder and PlanDoTrack Resources.

Develop a routine that works for you – From being aware of our circadian rhythms (when we are at our best) to creating boundaries in our work, what is the routine which will work best for you?

Spend time planning and reflecting. The book is called PlanDoTrack for a reason – it’s a three stage process. We need to plan, then get into action and then reflect on what’s working and what’s not in order to track. What is your natural inclination in terms of where you spend your time. Is it PLANNING? DOING? TRACKING?

Which focus is really needed in your business this year?

With best wishes,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized |Reconnecting Workspaces | Group Coaching Essentials
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
Follow us on Instagram @ReconnectingWorkspaces
Phone: (416)996-8326

Check out my TEDx talk

Looking to bring your workplaces back together, whether you are remote, hybrid, or face-to-face? Pick up a copy of my new book, Reconnecting Workspaces, at Amazon.

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Teams365 #2899 - Four Areas to Remain Productive in the Remote Space

12/7/2021

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When I went to write PlanDoTrack back in 2018, I would have had no idea just how many people would be moving to work in the remote space right now. What I have loved seeing is how people have made the transition over to remote work smoothly and are now the in mid-term of their remote work experience. With that in mind, the principles and practices which underpin PlanDoTrack become even more important for sustainability. In this week’s blog post I wanted to zoom into five areas you might explore in terms of MAINTAINING productivity in the remote space. You’ll find more on each of these areas in sections 1 and 2 of the PlanDoTrack workbook and planner.

#1 - Create or Revisit the Vision
In recent months I’ve been spending a lot of time with groups in presentations talking about the importance of creating or revisiting your vision.
Our vision creates a horizon for us to aim towards. In times of disruption, this is even more important.

What are the elements which are important for YOU to focus on?

What are the elements which are important to keep an eye on?

#2 - Be Crystal Clear on Outcomes
Leadership and teamwork in the remote space is all about outcomes. It’s about being very clear about:

What will success look like?
What is the outcome? What is NOT the outcome.
What are you doing to stimulate conversations around outcomes?

#3 - Top 3 – 5 Goals
With vision and outcome in mind, what are the core essentials to be focusing on? It’s easy to get pulled into the eddies of other people’s priorities.

Questions:

What are the top 3- 5 things you need to be sure you get done – today? This week? This month?
What are you doing to keep your Top 3 – 5 visible and tracked?

Note that in many of the PlanDoTrack planning pages, there is space for you to track your Top 3-5.

#4 - Be Intentional (and ruthless) With Boundaries
As many have seen in recent mots, creating boundaries and routines that work well for each of our individual experiences are critical. Whether we are navigating work-life issues or working in a team that runs 24/7, being intentional and focused on our boundaries is critical for high performance. We need cycles to renew as much as cycles to run.

Questions to consider:

What are the boundaries you need to employ?
What are the renewal cycles you need to build in?

What’s important to note? Join us for more conversation around this at the Virtual and Remote Visionaries Hub on Facebook .

Enjoy the conversation!
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized |Reconnecting Workspaces | Group Coaching Essentials
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
Follow us on Instagram @ReconnectingWorkspaces
Phone: (416)996-8326

Check out my TEDx talk
https://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_britton_virtual_remote_and_hybrid_checklist_aug_2021

Looking to bring your workplaces back together, whether you are remote, hybrid, or face-to-face? Pick up a copy of my new book, Reconnecting Workspaces, at Amazon.

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Teams365 #2717 - Remote and Hybrid Productivity Tip

6/8/2021

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Today’s Remote and Hybrid Work Productivity Tip comes from my workbook and planner for virtual and remote professionals, PlanDoTrack, and from my work with my Remote Pathways podcast co-host Michelle Mullins. Here’s what I shared earlier this year:

My Remote Pathways podcast co-host has a great phrase – Remote working rhythms – which I had to borrow for this week’s blog post. This week we pause to check in around your routines with remote work. What are the routines you have established in your work?

Questions to consider:

Do you start work every day at a consistent time?
End work at a consistent time?
Get out (outside or out of the office) to fit some workouts or exercises?
What do you do to expand your remote work rhythms?
Possible remote working routines you could undertake:
Having a fixed start and end time
Participating in a regular co-working session with other professionals (similar to what I did with the 21 for 21 Virtual Co-working Sprints. Returning again in Q2.
Tackling certain tasks at a specific time or day
Earmarking a specific window for a certain task

Routines are important as they start to build out habits. As I have shared in past posts, habits can become automatic in terms of acting like a switch to get things done.

What are the routines or habits you want to undertake?

Warm regards,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders
Coaching Skills Training | Leadership Development | Teamwork
Growing Team Leaders, One Conversation at a Time™ in the Remote Space
Contact us to discuss leadership, coaching or performance needs for your and your team
Phone: (416)996-8326

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Teams365 #3110 – Time Management and Personal Productivity Myth - 24/7—It’s about working around the clock.

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