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Smart Teams

by Dermot Crowley

May 2018

Intermediate to advanced

208 pages

3h 58m

English

Wiley

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Can you relate?Productivity problems at the team levelWe create friction rather than flow
Productivity frictionPoor productivity behavioursFriction vs flow culturesBeyond personal productivityLevel 1: DISRUPTIVE Level 2: PASSIVE Level 3: PRODUCTIVE Level 4: COLLABORATIVE Level 5: SUPERPRODUCTIVE
We are purposefulWe are mindfulWe are punctualWe are reliable
Get specific to change behavioursWhat is a productivity principle?Generating principles for your teamFlipping problems into principlesMake this a priority for your team
Email overloadAlternatives to emailFour communication toolsA more thoughtful approach to communicationsPlanning effective communications (why)Writing effective communications (what)Sending effective communications (who)Noise reduction strategies

What's wrong with our meeting culture?Let's aim for 100 per cent fewer meetings25 per cent fewer meetings25 per cent shorter meeting durations25 per cent fewer participants25 per cent less time wastedMake your meetings more effectiveRunning an awesome meetingMindful interruptionsAre all agenda items the same?Focus your meeting with an agenda
Alignment, agreement and awarenessProject collaboration: make them visibleThe best tool for the job
Managing urgencyDeveloping an active mindsetNegotiating our workloadsDelegating in the right way
Create ripplesThe role of leadership on this journey
Project 1: Productivity principlesProject 2: Interruption reductionProject 3: Dial down the urgencyProject 4: Meeting dietProject 5: Meeting agendaProject 6: Turn down the noiseProject 7: Pull versus pushProject 8: The projects project

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About the Author

Dermot Crowley's passion is productivity. He makes dealing with schedules, priorities, technology, projects, plans and productive cultures not only simple and practical, but also fun. That's how he delivers results in the modern workplace.

He has more than twenty years' experience in the productivity training industry where he has worked as an author, speaker, trainer and thought leader. He has run his own business, Adapt Productivity, since 2002. He is also the author of Smart Work, published by John Wiley in 2016.

Dermot was born in Dublin, Ireland, and moved in 1993 to Sydney, Australia, where he now lives a ridiculously balanced life, spending way too much time watching and playing sport, hill climbing and drinking good coffee.

www.dermotcrowley.com.au