Increasing Your Productivity

Business and technical professionals at any level who are interested in becoming more productive at work and in life.

• Develop new perspectives and habits that enable you to be more productive in an environment where the separation between work and life is less distinct than it used to be
• Apply mindfulness to train your brain to avoid unnecessary distractions, conserve energy, increase agility and improve stamina
• Identify which goals and activities will deliver the most effective results, and manage your energies to achieve them
• Become more proactive about how you manage internal and external pressures 
• Explore an array of new productivity concepts, tools and techniques, and decide which ones will work best for you
• Create a personal productivity action plan that you can implement immediately 

Day One

Module 1: Focus

• Current principles and practices of “focus” from a productivity perspective
• How a mindful focus on goals vs. tasks enables better productivity
• Crafting clear, concise and realistic productivity goals
• Productivity tips and techniques for staying focused

Module 2: Energy

• The critical connection between your energy usage and productivity level 
• Identifying common distractions that deplete your energy 
• Applying “energy-boosting” alternatives to become more productive
• Self-managing your attitudes, habits and responses by training your brain to use energy differently
• Tips and tools for conserving your energy: setting expectations, establishing realistic milestones and measurements, managing distractions, focusing on results

Day Two

Module 3: Agility

• The role of agility in productivity, and ways to expand it for improved results
• Using a more agile approach to plan, organize, execute and evaluate projects and tasks for yourself and others 
• Remaining nimble when addressing internal and external pressures 
• Improving your ability to adapt to change—both expected and unexpected
• Tips and techniques for increasing agility in different work environments: at the office and when working remotely from home

Module 4: Stamina

• The impacts of high and low stamina on productivity
• The main mental stressors that limit resiliency, and strategies to overcome them
• Increasing your emotional, mental and physical stamina for the present and future
• Developing proactive habits for avoiding burnout

Special features

• Create your own productivity action planner, and tailor it to address your unique goals and challenges
• Acquire a practical productivity toolkit of templates, techniques and learning resources