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The Productivity Challenge
Find an extra 8 hours in every week
Russell Cummings
Strategic Business Development
M: 0414 929 585
W: www.sbdbusiness.com.au
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Productivity Webinar Exercises What are the 3 key areas to focus on when improving your beliefs?
Key area #1 _____________________________________________________________________
Key area #2 _____________________________________________________________________
Key area #3 _____________________________________________________________________
Immediate Action Step ______________________________________________________
What are the top 3 things you must focus on?
Key area #1 _____________________________________________________________________
Key area #2 _____________________________________________________________________
Key area #3 _____________________________________________________________________
Immediate Action Step ______________________________________________________
List one action that you will take against each element of the “Stop Doing” matrix –
Stop
Delegate
Outsource
Re-engineer
Action #1 _____________________________________________________________________
Effective Time Management is about _____________________________________________
Great Task Management Tools include ___________________________________________
4 Tips to reducing time wasted on email
Tip #1 ___________________________________________________________________________
Tip #2 ___________________________________________________________________________
Tip #3 ___________________________________________________________________________
Tip #4 ___________________________________________________________________________
Immediate Action Step ______________________________________________________
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Productivity Tools Dropbox _________________________________________________
Documents To Go _________________________________________________
GotoMeeting/ VSee/ Skype ________________________________________________
Basecamp _________________________________________________
Zoho _________________________________________________
Livescribe Smartpen _________________________________________________
Evernote _________________________________________________
Goodnotes/ Penultimate _________________________________________________
TripIt _________________________________________________
Immediate Action Step ______________________________________________________
What are 3 actions you can take away from today that will save you 8 hours next
week?
Action #1 ________________________________________________________________________
Action #2 ________________________________________________________________________
Action #3 ________________________________________________________________________
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About Russell Cummings, Business Consultant
Company Principal, Russell Cummings, has over 26
years comprehensive experience as a
Management Consultant and Coach to family
business, industry organisations, corporations and
government.
He has worked with clients in a wide range of
sectors including: agriculture, manufacturing,
horticulture, Defence, public utilities, dairy, meat
processing, IT, printing, environmental, service
industries, R&D bodies, Local Government
organisations and Industry Associations.
Russell is an accomplished facilitator, coach and trainer with a clear focus on
converting Strategy into Action.
Until 2004, he was also a Director of changedrivers, an innovative firm specialising in
change implementation services. He moved to Bundaberg 8 years ago for family
and a lifestyle change.
Russell has particular expertise in business development and strategic planning. His
main areas of strengths include:
• Strategic plans,
• Business growth and improvement programs
• Business coaching
• Large group facilitation
• Effective leadership development programs
Specifically, Russell brings a pro-active approach to business and leadership
development based on a strong understanding of strategy, leadership, strategic
marketing, business profitability and efficiency.
He is currently working with clients in all Australian states, New Zealand and the
United Kingdom - geography is no boundary.
M: +61 414 929 585
W: www.sbdbusiness.com.au