How can a people manager inspire a team to continuously improve their productivity?
What mistakes do managers make around team productivity? In this conversation we discuss my favourite chapters from Siimon Reynolds book, ‘Win Fast’.

Spend more time in Field Four,

Field 1 – things you’re terrible at
Field 2 – reasonably good at
Field 3 – excellent at
Field 4 – stuff you are fabulous at and also enjoy.

Always look for the limiting factor

Eli Goldratt, and his book ‘The Goal’ and his Theory of Constraints, to identify the key challenge or constraint which is the single limiter to your progress and focus on fixing constraints as a way to move forward.

Live by the 64/4 rule

Focus on the most important 20% of that 20%, that means 4% of what you do accounts for 64% of all your results, focus on the top 4% of your current activities.

Do your most important tasks first

Schwab technique – do a list of your top 6 items end of day, ready for the next day.

My three success protection questions

Every month ask yourself:

Q1. What do I currently assume is true that might not be?
Q2: What could possibly go wrong?
Q3. What could I do if things went wrong?

Use ZBT – Zero Base Thinking – to quickly Transform your life

Look at the major areas in your life and ask yourself, ‘Knowing what I know now, would I still have done this?’ Got any examples of how using ZBT thinking has got people out feeling obliged or being stuck in a situation that isn’t serving them?

Apply the plus one method

Ask yourself, ‘What’s one thing I could do right now to move this project forward?’ Something small, something quick, something easy to make happen.

Put on someone else’s head. What would Einstein, Donald Trump, the chess grandmaster, Kasparov, do?

ABOUT SIIMON REYNOLDS

Siimon Reynolds is a leading high-performance coach for CEOs and entrepreneurs, coaching business leaders globally. One of his companies, founded in 2000 with only 2 people, 8 years later employed 6000 staff in 14 countries and was valued at $500 million.

He’s won over 50 industry awards including:

• Advertising agency of the year
• Gold Lion, Cannes International Festival of Creativity
• Grand Prize, London International Advertising Awards
• Australian TV Commercial of the Year
• Magazine Campaign of the Year
• Newspaper Ad of the Year.

His book, ‘Why People Fail’, reached No. 1 on the Australian bestseller list in the Business and Self-improvement categories. His latest book, ‘Win Fast’, is a checklist on super productivity. With his incisive thinking and brilliant business mind, he mentors CEOs and entrepreneurs from all over the world from his homes in Los Angeles and Sydney.

Contact: http://siimonreynolds.com/

ABOUT HOST, NINA SUNDAY

Author of ‘Workplace Wisdom for 9 to thrive’, Nina frequents the speaking stage, in-person in Australia/New Zealand and virtually to international audiences from a professional studio on transforming team culture.

With a Bachelor of Arts and Diploma in Education, and graduate of the 3-year program of the Australian Film, TV and Radio School, Nina worked as Production Manager in television, before founding Brainpower Training Pty Ltd, leading a team of Facilitators Australia-wide.

Nina is a past chapter president of Professional Speakers Australia, a CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) and twice-certified CVP (Certified Virtual Presenter) and can present virtually for any timezone.

Book Nina as a speaker for your conference visit https://ninasunday.com.

Brainpower Training’s face-to-face and online workshops in Productivity, Communication, Leadership or Change and will take your team to the next level. Visit: https://www.brainpowertraining.com.au/training-topics/

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