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I'm attempting to "map out" talent in certain industries by using personal research, volunteers, and networking sites. |
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Monday, July 21, 2008
GTD Time Management
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Posted by Sean Rehder |
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Getting Things Done (GTD) is a time management theory/practice made popular by David Allen and his book Getting Things Done, I have a copy and am constantly pulling it out looking through it like a hypo-chrondiac goes through their medicine cabinet. I'm going to start blogging a little bit on how I am trying to incorporate GTD concepts and methods into corporate recruiting processes.
I'll start with a post from 43folders.com, a blog I've been following since I first heard of GTD. Its blogger is Merlin Mann who is both very smart...and very funny... in sort of a Seinfeld kind of way. He's also an Apple fanatic and has been gracious enough to exchange some emails with me recently giving me some advice on purchasing the right Apple computer.
I grew up with Macs (my dad was in the public education system so I got to use his) and am finally making the move back in both the home use and professional use. I was recently at Genentech and noticed their employees with Macs and then I heard internal people at Salesforce.com were getting macs and I also made a visit to Apple and everyone had macs...and iPhones...of course. Its good to see common sense/personal productivity making its way back into corporate America.
Anyways... here is some of Merlin's post for the newly informed.
1) Reduce noise - We all have innumerable inboxes, interruptions, and distractions that are part of work and life — you can’t change that. What you can do is get more hard-nosed about the elective diversions that you invite into your world. Cancel a subscription for a magazine you never read or sign off an annoying mailing list. Needles get easier to find when you aren’t constantly adding new hay to the stack.
2) Write things down - Ever find a piece of paper in your office with seven digits on it? You know it’s a phone number, but whose? Get ruthless about jotting down ephemeral information if you’ll need to recall it later. Remember that your brain is a creative organ with limitless creative possibilities — but it makes a really crummy whiteboard.
3) Focus on action - My favorite productivity book, “Getting Things Done” highlights how anything you want to do in life eventually comes down to intentional physical activity — even if it’s something as mundane as “take out trash” and “call Mom.” Learn the habit of planning your world around action verbs rather than fuzzy nouns. “Implement Strategy” is not a task; it’s a project. “Call Jim about strategy” is a very do-able “next action” that keeps the ball in motion.
4) Get out of your inbox - Many of us are habituated to living out of our email inbox, voicemail, and the other “in baskets” of our lives. Instead, try to set aside regular, periodic times when you trawl for the new content in your life — then get back to work! Inboxes are delivery systems, not workspaces. The real work is happening in your brain and practically every other place that’s not an inbox. Stop allowing yourself to be brow-beaten by the latest, loudest, or most dramatic item that’s landed in your world.
5) Get pickier - You are the sole person in your life who gets to decide where your time and attention can go. Take that responsibility seriously by not wasting time on junk. You know in your heart what’s really important to you — does the current direction of your time and attention reflect that? Is “kid hugging” time where it should be in proportion to “Blackberry checking” time? Be mindful at the highest level about where you focus your energy, and always strive not to squander it on undeserving activities.
More to follow in the future.Labels: GTD, Productivity
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
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10 Ways to Get a Grip On Your E-Mail
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Posted by Sean Rehder |
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By Anne Fisher, Fortune senior writer
"(Fortune) -- Here is a startling bit of arithmetic: If you get and send 100 e-mails a day, that adds up to 24,000 messages annually, on which you probably spend an average of 100 workdays. If you could manage to reduce the amount of e-mail you send and receive by 20%, you'd free up 20 workdays a year to use for other things, like thinking up new ideas that could help further your career or, heck, taking a longer vacation."
Here they are (full details):
- Send less
- Quit boomeranging
- Stop - then send
- Be polite, up to a point
- Schedule live conversations
- Strengthen your subject lines
- Structure matters
- Save purposefully
- File smart
- Coach - or suffer
Labels: Productivity
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 Sean Rehder is a "workforce analyst and developer" that focuses on industries and companies, careers and employees, and how they can all work together. |
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 Sean Rehder is the shortest distance between a compelling vision and incredible software. His depth of understanding of a customer's problem, ability to articulate a solution, and then implement that solution in record time is nothing short of amazing. Add to this that Sean is a really nice guy, and I would have to say that he is the complete package. It is an honor to work with him." |
Jeff "JJ" Hunter
Director, Talent Strategy & Technology
Electronic Arts, Inc.
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 "Sean is one of the most brilliant and technical people I've ever worked with in this industry. Expertise in CRM systems is not the only reason I strongly recommend Sean to my clients. Its also because of his generosity, kindness of spirit, and willingness to break things down to a level anyone can understand. That makes him an incredible business partner. " |
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Leading Recruitment Speaker & Consultant
JobMachine.net
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 "I have had the pleasure of working with Sean in the last 6 months on a project that required his insight and expertise around a Talent Relationship Managment (TRM) solution. Sean is one of the few people I have met that can help tie in the complex elements of recruiting, sourcing, pipelining with a business and technical solution." |
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2007 Electronic Recruiters Exchange Award for "Most Innovative Use of Technology" 
Nomination: 2006 Salesforce.com Application Award for University Recruiting