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Let’s get started. Using the template in Figure 17.1 complete the following 5 steps. Figure 17.1 Model work week. 1. Block out 15 minutes first thing Monday morning to review the prior week and to plan for the current week. 2. Schedule your three-hour strategic block. 3. Schedule one to two buffer blocks each day, Monday through Friday, typically one in the morning and one near the end of the day (e.g., 11:00-12:00 and 4:00-5:00). Remember that the amount of buffer time varies by individual and administrative workload. 4. Schedule a breakout block. 5. Schedule all additional important activities. a. Client and prospect appointments b. Standing meetings c. Marketing and sales d. Planning e. Required administrative and operational tasks f. Preparation for client meetings and customer service g. Project work h. Referral lunches i. One-on-one coaching sessions j. Personal tasks Initially, it might seem like there is very little time left in your week.
The 12 Week Year
Brian P. Moran, Michael Lennington
What I propose in this book touches a paradigm. Not something you can refute with figures or tip over in a good conversation, but the way a whole profession has looked at its work for thirty years. For anyone who works in information stewardship, the document is the natural unit of thinking. A file is a collection of documents, an archive is a collection of files, an organisation is what it has recorded together. For anyone who has recorded their work in documents for thirty years, this doesn’t sound like an idea but like an attack on the foundation. That explains why most of the reactions I get aren’t resistance, but awkwardness and discomfort. People see it, and then don’t know what to do with it. Because admitting it has to be done differently means admitting it could have been done differently all along.
Information Autonomy
Martijn Aslander
Start a journal to build your awareness about how you are feeling at different points during the day. Choose one or two specific times during the day to check in with yourself. Observing our emotions allows us to be more intentional about our behaviors and more effective with others. How are you feeling right now? Can you identify why?
The Way We're Working Isn't Working
Tony Schwartz and Jean Gomes
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