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7 Habits to Stay Focused in a World Full of Distractions

Harvard Business

Here are seven simple techniques to help you cut down on interruptions and increase your focus: 1) Lay the groundwork; 2) Train your brains attention; 3) Direct your emotions; 4) Interrupt your autopilot; 5) Tune into your energy patterns; 6) Practice active listening; 7) Replenish your attention reserves.

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Your Sales Training Is Probably Lackluster. Here’s How to Fix It

Harvard Business

companies spend over $70 billion annually on training, and an average of $1,459 per salesperson — almost 20 percent more than they spend on workers in all other functions. Yet, when it comes to equipping sales teams with relevant knowledge and skills, the ROI of sales training is disappointing.

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You Need New Skills to Make a Career Pivot. Here’s How to Find the Time to Build Them.

Harvard Business

You must set aside a significant amount of time for self-directed learning, formal training, or even a second job to gain the skills for the big leap. There are a few strategies to be effective for consistently making time for acquiring new career skills.

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Your Team’s Time Management Problem Might Be a Focus Problem

Harvard Business

“My team has a time management problem,” leaders often tell me. “Time management” becomes a catchall solution to this problem, and they want to hire me to offer tips and techniques on things like prioritizing and using their calendars better. This will likely result in happier customers.

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The secret of successful time management

The Management Centre

And there comes a point when even fitting in the fun stuff can be exhausting, because we’re already worn out from trying to do all the other things, all the time. You’ve probably already encountered at least a few time management tools in your career. Sound familiar? They’re great – they genuinely work.

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An Experiment in India Shows How Much Companies Have to Gain by Investing in Their Employees

Harvard Business

For many low-wage workers in India, basic skills training can be the difference between economic empowerment and persistent poverty. PACE teaches communication, time management, decision making, problem solving, and financial literacy through weekly group sessions in the workplace.

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Why Your Productivity Hacks Don’t Hack It

Markovitz Consulting

(Note: a modified version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. You can read that version, with more links to related articles, here.) ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— Leaders in organizations are always seeking to improve employee productivity (including their own).