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How I Stay Productive: Nick Aiello
In our ‘How I Stay Productive’ interview series, we chat to people who have implemented Productivity Ninja habits and skills in their work and personal life. From time to time we chat to time management training participants, but this time, we’ve had the pleasure to talk to one of Think Productive Canada’s Productivity Ninja, Nick Aiello. Occupation: Productivity Ninja…
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How Managers Can Use Scrum to Increase Productivity
Within most organizations, the structure is more or less the same: there are a handful of must-do components, all of which are interwoven to create company processes and procedures. But the Scrum method, which is part of an agile working concept, aims to flip that norm on its ear. Instead, the teams become the focus,…
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Productivity Boosting Checklist for Managers & Leaders
Our Productivity Ninja, Hayley, is often asked by delegates in our time management workshops how managers can make their organisation or their teams more productive. Like all things that relate to productivity and wellbeing, there isn’t just one answer, one thing that you can do to help solve the existing problems and challenges. It’s a…
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A Manager’s Role in Team Work-Life Balance
As an employer, it’s important to support your staff and encourage a good work-life balance in your business. By offering help such as time management training, you stand a better chance of preventing the effects of work related stress taking their toll. The increase of technology is making it possible for people to work from…
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How I Stay Productive: Nancy Smith
In our ‘How I Stay Productive’ interview series, we chat to people who have implemented Productivity Ninja skills in their work and personal life. From time to time we chat to time management training participants, but this time, we’ve had the pleasure to hear some productivity secrets from Think Productive North America’s Social Media Marketing…
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How to Stop Treating Meeting Invites like Party Invites
We don’t know about you, but it’s always nice to be invited to a party, isn’t it? Even if you don’t want to go, someone is suggesting that they would like you there for a special occasion. And for most people, that feels kind of nice. We fear we are applying the same logic to…
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Productivity Ninja Solutions for Communication Overload
Text messages, email, instant messenger, social media, work chats, and more: as our offices and technology have evolved, so have our options for communicating with each other. Not only can you sustain contact with people halfway across the world, but you can also be inundated with near constant communication from almost every side. It’s no wonder…
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How I Stay Productive: Jennifer Fox
Next up in our ‘How I Stay Productive’ series, we had the pleasure of talking with one of our New York based Ninjas, Jennifer Fox. Jennifer talked to us about embracing the 9 Productivity Ninja characteristics, in order to bring balance to living a busy work and family life in the Greater New York area. …
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Productivity Apps in Test: Declutter
A weapon-savvy Productivity Ninja uses tools and apps to boost their productivity. We talk about various tools in our time management training, but we know how overwhelming it can be to put together your toolkit, including choosing the perfect apps. That’s why we like to review various apps out there and this time, we’re looking…
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Differences Between Busy People and Productive People
The idea that being busy equals being productive is very far-fetched. A person who has a busy schedule is not necessarily productive, as we have previously discussed in our ‘A Busy Person’s Lies‘ blog post. In fact, being a productive person, or even a Productivity Ninja, is not at all tantamount to being a busy…
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Daily Productivity Ninja Ruthlessness
Ruthlessness, not something that comes naturally to me. Ruthlessness is the characteristic that I struggle with the most. And I work as a Productivity Ninja! I’ve not nailed it, but I’ve had a go. It’s always been a struggle, and I know from talking to delegates in our time management workshops that I’m not the…
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5 Ways to Be Ruthless With Your Attention
There are only so many hours in the day to accomplish tasks, and both offline and online distractions tend to bombard you at every turn. You try to work around these distractions, but stress and annoyance get the best of you. Time management training can help you bring out your inner Productivity Ninja and teach…
