Author: Dave Edwards
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How To Compare Two Job Offers
You might think that getting a job offer is difficult. It can be. But, when you get more than one offer, how do you decide between them. Here is an approach you might want to take.
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How To Be The Kind of Leader You Admire
Why do some people stand out as leaders? What skills do they have? Here are some questions you can ask about the leaders you admire so that you can adapt what they know into your role as a manager/leader.
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David Allen: Deleting Tasks That Are No Longer Important
Did you ever notice that your ‘to-do’ lists are getting too long? What should you do? Productivity expert David Allen, author of Getting Things Done (GTD) has some advice.
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The Laws of Human Nature
Robert Greene’s “The Laws of Human Nature” may be the best book I have read in a long time and if I had my way it would be a textbook in every high school in America.
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Measuring Morale
All managers seek to have a work environment where morale is high. We intuitively know that this will lead to greater productivity. But how do you measure morale? Here’s how you can see if you have a morale problem at work.
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Earning Respect As A Manager / Leader
Even if you are the boss, you don’t walk into the job with the automatic respect of your staff. They might respect the position, but to be truly effective, leaders need to earn the respect of their team members.
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Your Journey from Manager to Leader
The terms ‘manager’ and ‘leader’ are sometimes used interchangeably, but there is a difference. Becoming a leader is a sign of success because people want to follow you.
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Evernote Tips: A Caution About Using Tags
One of the most popular features in Evernote is the ability to create tags inside of notes. They allow you to quickly find things that have something in common. But, there is a problem that if you use tags incorrectly it can complicate your system.
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Workaholics Risk Their Health
If you are working long hours, you are risking your health. Here is how to achieve better work-life balance.
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Making A Career Move Requires A Strategy
If you are thinking about changing careers here are 6 things you will want to consider.
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How Do You Know If You Will Like Your New Job?
Taking a new job is always a leap of faith as you never really know what it is like to work for a new company until you’ve been there a while. Yet, there are some things you can do to hedge your bet.
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A Drink That Boosts Your Productivity
Start your day with this drink, and you can see a jump in your productivity. Here’s a clue, it’s cheap, easy to find, and doesn’t require you to stand in a long lime this morning.
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David Allen: How To Update Your Productivity System
In this conversation with David Allen, author of “Getting Things Done” we talk about how he keeps his productivity systems up to date and organized. He also shows us his actual reference file system.
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How Honest Are You With Your Staff?
Some managers find it difficult to be open and honest with staff, sharing only what they think they need to know. Yet, transparency helps employees feel more like they are part of a team.
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Effective Leaders are Self-Aware
How would you, or others, describe your abilities as a leader? Being self-aware of your strengths, weaknesses, and reputation will help you lead. Here is why.
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How To Tame Your Calendar and Increase Your Productivity
Your calendar can be a powerful tool for increased productivity, or it can prevent you from doing what is important. Fix your jam-packed calendar today.
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You Need a “Not To-Do” List
Your to-do list may seem overwhelming, but deciding what not to do is just as important as what you spend your time doing.
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David Allen on Journalism and Leadership Issues
As part of their ongoing series of conversations, David Allen, author of “Getting Things Done: discusses the state of journalism today and leadership issues with Dave Edwards.
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Good Leaders Are Optimists
Among the top characteristics of an effective leader is their optimistic attitude.
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5 Ways To Avoid Miscommunication In The Workplace
When problems occur in the workplace, they are often caused by miscommunication. Here are five ways you can actively work towards avoiding the issue.
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Step Away From That Screen
If you are working from home and finding that your eyes get tired, you are not alone. Here’s how to help your eyes cope with too much screen time.
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Are You Less Productive Working At Home?
Some of us have a great system for staying organized at work and being very productive. Yet, when we get home, our systems fall apart. Let’s look at how you can take some of the techniques you use on the job and apply them to your personal life.
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Saved Searches In Evernote Saves Time
If you store a lot of notes in Evernote, you will find the ‘search’ function to be extremely helpful. Today, how to save your searches for faster and repeated use.
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Where Will You Work in 2022?
If you are thinking about looking for a new job, this is a great time of year to start the process. But in our current environment, there are things you should be thinking about.
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Are You Ready For Another Crisis?
It seems like we are dealing with one crisis after another. With what we have learned, does your organization have a crisis plan in place?
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Dave’s Leadership Library
It was Harry S. Truman who said, “Not All Readers Are Leaders, But All Leaders Are Readers”. It makes sense. Or as Mark Twain put it, “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” Here are three books I’d urge you to consider adding to your list of…
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Evernote Tips: Drag & Drop and Assigning Tasks
Evernote is a great place to store meeting notes and even images of whiteboards. Here is how you do it.
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Don’t Let Fear Stop You
We all worry about making the wrong decisions. But delaying a decision in hopes of getting new information, can be just as disastrous.
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Set Up Your Workplace for Better Productivity
If you are scheduled to return to your office and leave your home workspace behind, you might want to think about ways to change things to increase your productivity.
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Should We Bother With Performance Evaluations?
While some people dread performance evaluations, they can motivate employees if done correctly.
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Becoming A Leader By Showing Initiative
One of the primary characteristics of a workplace leader is that they show initiative. Companies like employees who work independently, help others, and are not afraid to go above and beyond what is expected of them. We look at how you can be recognized as someone who shows initiative.
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Use Evernote To Build A Contact Data Base
Did you ever receive a business card and lose it before you could input in to your contact management system? Now you can scan your cards and build a powerful data base in Evernote.
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Does It Matter If You Have A Messy Desk?
Does your messy desk show that you are unorganized….or does it mean you are creative? It could depend on how your boss views it?
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Are At-Home Workers Being Trusted By Their Bosses?
When Covid related shutdowns began, companies allowed employees to work from home. Now that working from home is no longer just a passing fad, some employers are worried that their workers can’t be trusted to work a full day and might be spending more time watching TV than doing their work-related tasks.
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What Task Should I Do First?
As we go through our day, we collect tasks that we need to accomplish. Most people can easily find 30-50 items on their ‘to-do list’ at any one time. This can cause a feeling that you will never get everything done. But rather than throw up your hands, there are some steps to determine what…
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Dave’s Leadership Library
Here are just some of the books that I’d like to suggest you add to your ‘to be read’ list.
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Best Wishes for 2022!
As we begin this new year with the hope for a healthier time when we see prosperity instead of gloom, I would like to thank you for being a part of my professional life. Here’s a look back on 2021 and to the hope of 2022.
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Product Review: Evernote Web Clipper
There’s a great tool that you can use to pull articles or excerpts from your browser into Evernote. It’s called the Evernote Clipper. We review its effectiveness in this episode. Watch my entire series on EVERNOTE, HERE
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How Technology Can Help You Complete Your Tasks
Today, how technology can help you complete your tasks. And, we look at some of the popular digital task managers that are available.
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GTD with David Allen: Clarify & Organize Made Easy
Today we continue our series of discussions with David Allen, author of “Getting Things Done”. In this segment, we discuss how clarifying and organizing our tasks is key to our productivity.
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Are Your Employees Engaged, or Just Going Through The Motions?
A Gallup survey reports that only 15 percent of workers say that they are engaged while at work. If you are their supervisor, how should you address the problem? We have some tips.
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Dave’s Leadership Library
It is a well known fact that ‘leaders are readers.” Periodically, I like to share some books you might consider reading if you are interested in improving your leadership skills.
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How “Text Expander” Can Save You Time
When we think of being more productive we think about saving lots of time and getting more done, we think about saving minutes that add up to hours. But today, saving time one keystroke at a time. Today, we review Text Expander which can help you with repetitive typing tasks.
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Learning To Concentrate Improves Your Productivity
With all of the distractions around us, it is sometimes difficult to concentrate. But researchers have found some techniques that can help.
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Let’s Learn From A Mayor Who Can’t Control Her Calendar or Her Staff
I was shocked to read the demeaning email between the Mayor of one of our nation’s largest cities and a staff member. The Mayor of Chicago demonstrated that she doesn’t understand how to work well with her staff because she blamed them for not having time to get her work done.
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When It Feels Like You Don’t Have Enough Time
It’s common to feel like you don’t have enough time to finish all the work that needs to get done. Here are 5 tips to help you.
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Keyboard Shortcuts Can Increase Your Productivity
Sometimes the best productivity tips are the simplest. Do you use keyboard shortcuts to save time?
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Dictate Your Text Into Evernote
Software that converts your voice into text isn’t very popular, but it can be a real time saver. Today, we look at how you can use voice recognition in Evernote.
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Need Someone To Help You?
Do you sometimes feel like you’ve ran out of time and energy to work on all of the things you hoped to accomplish. Do you feel like you have no one to turn to when you want to discuss a difficult issue?
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