Work Smarter – Not Harder – and Get More Done (part 2)

Daylight saving time ends this Sunday. What are you going to do with that extra hour? If you’re like most of us in Middle Tennessee, you’d love to devote your found hour to shuteye. And if you use the tips in today’s post, you’ll be so efficient that you’ll be able to enjoy some extra […]

Hiding in Plain Sight? How to Spot – and Fix – Unproductive Employees

Have unproductive employees who spend their work day napping? Show up to work dressed in their bathrobe? Do nothing but shuffle papers or walk in circles for eight hours? Not likely, right? Chances are, most of your employees appear busy – because unproductive workers don’t want to be found out! If they’re caught procrastinating or […]

Work Smarter – Not Harder – and Get More Done (part 1)

Each of us is given the same 24 hours per day to accomplish our work. So, why do some people seem to get so much more in a day than others? Have they found a way to slow down time – or maybe clone themselves? Nope. They have simply mastered the ability to focus on […]

Would You Try THAT?! Unconventional Ways to Boost Employee Productivity

Call them “out of the box.” Call them “unconventional.” Call them “strange.” However you choose to describe these productivity boosters, one thing is sure: they’ll go a long way toward refreshing, refocusing and re-energizing your team (especially during a summer productivity slump). Get Visual. Try color therapy. Research shows that the color yellow positively affects […]

Find an Extra Hour in Each Day: Our Favorite Email Hacks

You’ve got email! Too MUCH email, more than likely. Across Middle Tennessee, Inboxes are continually jammed with a daily onslaught of requests, responses, and fires to fight. It’s enough to dishearten the most dedicated and optimistic employee. Think that’s an exaggeration? Consider how much time we spend checking email: In an online survey of 400 […]

Make the Most of Your Work Day: 5 Tips for Making Meetings More Productive

  Ready to make your meetings more productive and focused? Who isn’t?!? For most of us, meetings are a major time-suck. And a big source of frustration. But until somebody designs a way to run a business without connecting to and sharing ideas with others, meetings will continue to be a necessary evil. So if […]