EP 191: Tools To Help Us Manage Our Time, Priorities, And Email - Dermot Crowley
Purpose, performance, productivity, and better results.
Dermot Crowley, the founder of Adapt Productivity, is one of Australia's most recognised thought leaders on personal productivity. His focus is on helping busy executives manage their time, priorities, and email in the modern workplace. Dermot is the bestselling author of "Smart Work" and recently released "Smart Teams." His training and coaching programs change behaviours, leverage the effectiveness of teams, and help use the power of technology positively.
Here's what we discuss in this week's show:
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“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
Dermot Crowley, the founder of Adapt Productivity, is one of Australia's most recognised thought leaders on personal productivity. His focus is on helping busy executives manage their time, priorities, and email in the modern workplace. Dermot is the bestselling author of "Smart Work" and recently released "Smart Teams." His training and coaching programs change behaviours, leverage the effectiveness of teams, and help use the power of technology positively.
Here's what we discuss in this week's show:
- When people ask Dermot what he does, how does he like to reply?
- Why "Smart Teams"?
- What things do we do that drag other people’s productivity down?
- A recent McKinsey study found office workers spend 28% of their time dealing with their inboxes. Is a zero inbox important?
- What is the answer to the deluge of emails?
- Leaders must lead team productivity. Is it about leaders setting the standard by walking the walk?
- Is there research to show that email contributes to our stress levels?
- Is ego a factor? Is there almost a pride in being busy?
- What is a good email culture for a team or an individual?
- Email writing tips
- What are the good productivity tools we left behind when we went from paper diaries to digital?
- What is the most important thing to make the business team boat go more quickly?
- Dermot explains team friction and suggests poor productivity behaviours that create friction
- How do leaders get to the meaningful work that will make a difference?
- Why does our business culture accept and promote urgency as a legitimate driver of success?
- Why do we not see productivity embedded into the culture, values or DNA of a business?
- How do smart teams keep their purpose front of mind and not pushed to the back?
- What is the highest compliment someone could give Dermot?
- How has Dermot simplified his life?
- What hasn't Dermot figured out yet?
- Vanity Fair’s famous Proust questionnaire - what is your idea of perfect happiness?
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Products or companies we discuss are not paid endorsements. They are not sponsored by, nor do we have any professional or affiliate relationship of any kind with any of the companies or products highlighted in the show.... sadly! It’s just stuff we like, think is cool and maybe of interest to you our listeners.
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
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Dermot Crowley
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Behind The Vinyl: "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" with Randy Bachman from Bachman-Turner Overdrive
https://youtu.be/ue4eas6z-bk
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