Personal Productivity

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity Productivity trainer and consultant David Allen offers a crash course in basic time management and personal organization. While Allen’s reading is a little stiff, his enthusiasm for the topic and his passion for systems comes across loud and clear. Allen’s message is concise: Organize yourself to free your mind for greater pursuits. And this simple production makes that daunting task seem possible.

The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal – “Fantastic! At the heart of this book is a simple truth: the secret to lasting success — individually and organizationally — lies in how we manage our energy. This is a phenomenal insight that most of us ignore. Tony Schwartz and Jim Loehr provide a very practical map for marshaling our energy — physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually — to live much more productive and fulfilling lives.” – Marcus Buckingham Coauthor, “First, Break All The Rules” and “Now, Discover Your Strengths.”

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, service, and human dignity — principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.

The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done (Harperbusiness Essentials) The measure of the executive, Peter F. Drucker reminds us, is the ability to “get the right things done.” This usually involves doing what other people have overlooked as well as avoiding what is unproductive. Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge may all be wasted in an executive job without the acquired habits of mind that mold them into results. Drucker identifies five practices essential to business effectiveness that can, and must, be learned:

• Managing time
• Choosing what to contribute to the organization
• Knowing where and how to mobilize strength for best effect
• Setting the right priorities
• Knitting all of them together with effective decision-making

Ranging widely through the annals of business and government, Peter F. Drucker demonstrates the distinctive skill of the executive and offers fresh insights into old and seemingly obvious business situations.