What You’ll Learn

Are you paralyzed by the pile of projects on your plate? Has fear of delegation buried you in administrivia? Is your focus destroyed by the incessant call of e-mail and Twitter? Do you leave work exhausted—but with little to show for it? Are promotions passing you by because your peers are more productive?

You can’t possibly tackle every task that awaits you. But here’s the good news: You can learn to get the right work done, focusing your time and energy where it’ll yield the greatest reward—for you and your organization. This guide will help by offering a range of accessible tools so you can sample them and see what works for you.

You’ll get better at:

• Prioritizing
• Staying focused
• Working less but accomplishing more
• Stopping bad habits and developing good ones
• Writing to-do lists that work
• Breaking overwhelming projects into manageable pieces
• Thwarting e-mail overload
• Refueling your energy