Tag: Productivity

A Great Tool for Any Leader – Wunderlist

I have been using Wunderlist for about a year now and it has revolutionized the way I am able to lead people - and I'm not even being paid to say that!  It truly has... The people that I lead include an IT Director, Administrative Assistant, Graphics Designer, and Maintenance Director.  And I use Wunderlist with all of them! Simply put, Wunderlist is a to-do list that is share-able and easily use-able on any of your electronic devices. So, I use it for my own to-do list.  For example, I'll get an assignment during a meeting and I'm able to add...

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10 Daily Habits of Highly Productive Leaders

If you’re a leader, here are 10 habits that should be a part of every day: Organize Your Day – One of the first things I do is take a look at my calendar.  What has to be done?  Who am I meeting with?  Where do I have time to put in the things that just pop up during my day?  What needs to be moved to another day?  If you don’t know what’s going on, you won’t be organized with your time.  Take a few minutes every morning to get organized. Do the hard things first  - Now that...

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Working Remotely

I have been getting up early recently and heading over to Starbucks to try and get some writing done before I head into work for the day.  I get there around 5:30 or 6:00am and spend some time sipping coffee and working on several writing projects that I have going on right now.  It has been a refreshing time for me. But, it reminds me of when I used to work remotely.  At my previous job, I was a Regional Dean.  I oversaw the academics departments of 6 college campuses and so I traveled a lot and didn’t have an...

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