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Your Calendar is Diagnostic, Are You Sick? 🤒
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I heard something shocking last week. Since Microsoft launched Office 365, they have been able to gather statistics on when people use the different software tools. What they have discovered is that, more and more, tools like Excel & Word are being used on a weekend. Whereas Teams is used during the week. In other words, people are spending so much time in meetings, dealing with chat messages and managing their inboxes during the working week, that they have to do anything that looks like productive work on the weekends. And so, take a look at your calendar. If it is a sea of meetings, with short breaks to catch-up on all the chat and email, you are designing your week to be unproductive. That's right, you are letting your calendar control you. I'm not saying it is easy to swim against the tide, because this is increasingly, unthinkingly, normal in modern workplaces. But, please, try to take back some control. And if you want any tips on how to do that, ask. Have a productive day, Stephen -- If you’re curious whether coaching could help you find more clarity or direction, book a free 15-minute Clarity Call and we’ll explore it together. If you want help to think about where problems might be arising in your organisation, try my Complexity Pressure Check. For anything else, hit reply. I answer every email personally. |
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