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Smart Work: How to Increase Productivity, Achieve Balance and Reduce Stress
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John Wiley & Sons
Publication Date
2023.
Edition
Revised and updated edition.
Language
English
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Table of Contents
From the eBook - Revised and updated edition.
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
About the author
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Productivity in the 21st century
The Smart Work system at a glance
The practices that drive productivity
The Smart Work roadmap
nine productivity skills
Actions
Inputs
Outcomes
Processing, planning and prioritising
A note on technology
Personal productivity tools
Team productivity tools
Mobile productivity tools
Part I Centralise Your Actions
Chapter 1 Consolidateyour work
Meetings vs tasks
Meeting tools
the shift from paper to electronic
Task tools
stuck in the 20th century
Centralise absolutely every action
Consider
Capture
Commit
1. Consider
2. Capture
3. Commit
Types of actions
hard to soft
Undated task lists
Loosely scheduled tasks
Date-specific priorities
Blocked-out time
Meetings
Zoom in, zoom out
Use undated task lists
Outlook undated tasks
OneNote
Paper notepad
Capture mind clutter
Chapter 2 Schedule it forward
Reactive zone 1
the first minute
Reactive zone 2
the last minute
Decide when and schedule
Plan your time using a weekly workflow
Use action horizons
Focus on the start
Balance your workload
Don't dilute your task list
Next steps only, please
Track it back
Information at your fingertips
This seems like hard work
Chapter 3 Focus your day
Start each day with a daily PASS
Highlight the critical work
Manage the change
Update the progress
Filtering
Scheduling
Ranking
Part II Organise Your Inputs
Chapter 4 Reduce the noise
Reduce email noise
Actionable emails
Informational emails
Questionable emails
Turn off the alerts
Check email proactively
Batch information emails
Delete decisively
Tell them to SSSH
Send a timely acknowledgement
Set an expectation
Schedule an action
Hold yourself accountable
Reduce the disruption of interruption
Chapter 5 Keep it simple
Simplify your filing system
Complex filing systems
Condensed filing systems
Compact filing systems
Deciding if folders are needed
Learn to search
Search techniques
Basic search
Refined searching
Make important emails easier to find
Use a dedicated folder
Rewrite the subject line
Categorise the email
Take the pain out of archiving
File on the run
Chapter 6 Process to empty
Treat your inbox like your letterbox
Clear the backlog quickly
the Mount Rushmore technique
Schedule email actions
Be decisive
Process all your inputs
Inbox
Paper in-tray
Voicemail
MS Teams posts
Meeting notepad
Part III Realise Your Outcomes
Chapter 7 Identify your value
Clarify your critical roles
Reconnect frequently
Chapter 8 Make time to plan
Build planning time into your schedule
Monthly planning
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ISBN
9781394189878
9781394189861
9781394189861
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