Simple disciplines for better workplace productivity.

Everyone works hard, there’s no doubt that most people genuinely want to help their team and their company win.

Faster is not always better. In everyone's busyness, running from meeting to meeting setting a structure-for-clarity could help increase the pace of change.

Here are my top 5 tips and I’m keen to hear yours in the comments below.

1 — Move all internal email conversations to a chat group like Slack or Microsoft Teams or similar.

That includes creating a Chat Group for each reoccurring meeting, project or squad to discuss day-to-day issues.

2 — Create a Meetings Structure

• Assign a meeting Chairperson to take notes and keep conversations focused
• Set a specific objective/outcome
• Provide a clear agenda
• New ideas move to a ‘parking lot’ — if there’s time at the end, discuss priority to make it an agenda item for a future meeting
• Clear decision-maker (who has the final say)
• What resources or preparation should people complete
• Set specific dates for completing tasks, follow up and review those in the next meeting

3 — Make sure everyone knows exactly how their work or project contributes to company strategy, who the key stakeholders are and what success looks like.