Many people I talk with are reassessing how they work. They either are just back from vacation and looking at the stacks of papers and pages of email, or just want to take the opportunity of a slower time to refine or remake how they work.

So here are some ideas for improving your personal productivity - aimed, of coarse, at project leaders.

Paper Planners

I've seen a resurgence of paper planners. Most of the people that I have met with over the past months use books, only a handful use PDAs. I think this is a reaction to two things. First is feature- overload in PDAs. the original Palm Pilot was simple and elegant - pure function. Now PDAs do so much that few mortals can understand all that they offer - and fewer can actually use all of the features. Bloatware.

Secondly, PDAs do not handle task planning well. Even Microsoft Outlook's narrow view of tasks does not allow easy and flowing access to the 'what's next' of today's and this week's work.

If you use or are considering a paper planner, take a look at Planner Pad via the link below. Especially if your work is project oriented, this is a great paper system. It provides practical and pragmatic focus on projects, tasks and calendar. Worth a look.

Link to Planner Pad

Getting Things Done

Some of our articles in the coming months will center around personal work planning for the project leader. David Allen and his book Getting Things Done are a touchstone in that process. Don't have time for the book? Then consider David's website which includes a video.

Getting Things Done (Link to book on Amazon)

Link to David's Website

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