Category: Effectivity
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Three Essential Productivity Tools
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in EffectivityA tool can also be a tool of the mind, a method. The advantage of methods is that we always have them at hands, regardless which computer infrastructure is available in the moment. For me the three most important and loved mind tools are the these:
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Vacation Time ‒ Quickly Delete Multiple Appointments in Outlook
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in EffectivityIt is vacation time. You are looking forward to some days off , and therefore want to cancel appointments in Outlook that either you scheduled or accepted. This takes time even if you are quick with keyboards, because for each appointment you need some mouse clicks and to enter the cancellation message. Remedy is brought…
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The Beauty of Performance Review Conversation – 5 Lists of 5 Whys and Tips
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I think—well executed—the performance review process and the employee conversation can have a beauty and a profound positive impact. Actually, I see performance review conversations and the process leading to them as my prime service to my team and company.
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Listen to these 5 Podcasts for Inspiration and Learning
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in EffectivitySince frequently colleagues, friends and acquaintances ask me which podcasts I listen to, in this post you find my recommendations for podcasts
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12 Steps to Fly without Jet Lag
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in EffectivityJet lag is nothing that just happens. Jet lag is something that you let happen or that you prevent. 12 steps towards jet lag free flight.
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Handling the Email flood: Group Emails in Outlook to Conversation Thread
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A bit more know-how on how to handle email in Outlook, like grouping conversation threads, makes the day more relaxed. If you fear the end of your summer vacation because of emails, read on.
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Getting Things Done with Outlook, Exchange, Office365 and iPhone and iOS
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in EffectivityThe implementation guide for Getting Things Done in a usual Windows office environment: Email: Outlook folders per action type. Actions: Outlook actions grouped per context. iPhone/iPad App for actions
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Gunter Dueck’s book Professional Intelligence and Seth Godin’s Linchpin
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Times are a changing. Many of us feel it. After the industrialization is on its last legs, now the service sector is being automated or outsourced or rationalized away. Gunter Dueck has coined the term screen backside consulting in his previous books, a job that gradually disappears. The insurance agent that asks us questions and…
