Extreme Productivity: Boost Your Results, Reduce Your Hours
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A road-tested formula for improving your performance, from one of the business world’s most successful – and productive – executives.
Robert C. Pozen taught a full course load at Harvard Business School while serving as the full-time chairman of a global financial-services firm. He’s written six books and hundreds of articles, raised a family with his wife of more than four decades, and served on many boards of local charities and public companies. Pozen is a prince of productivity, a man who has worked smarter and faster than almost everyone around him for more than 40 years.
In Extreme Productivity, Pozen reveals the secrets to workplace productivity and high performance. His book is for anyone feeling overwhelmed by an existing workload – facing myriad competing demands and multiple time-sensitive projects. Offering antidotes to a calendar full of boring meetings and a backlog of emails, Extreme Productivity explains how to determine your highest priorities and match them with how you actually spend your time.
Pozen shows that in order to be truly productive, professionals must make a critical shift in their mind-set: from hours worked to results produced. He helps people at all stages of their careers read, write, and make presentations quicker and more effectively. He provides professionals with practical tips on how to efficiently use their time in the office – while leading full and productive personal lives as well.
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Customers find the book very useful and effective. They describe the writing style as concise, clear, and well-written. Readers also say it’s a great, enjoyable read with good insights and thoughts. Additionally, they mention it helps them manage their time well and focus on key tasks.
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Mr White –
Practical advice supported by research and application.
Upon first being recommended the book I was somewhat skeptical due to the gimmicky title. But I was thoroughly impressed by Mr Pozen’s effort after reading through. For all the chronic procrastinators out there, there is an enormous amount of pseudo-scientific strategy and bro-science offered on the internet. Pozen, conversely, only presents information that is grounded in research and merely extends that information to relate to business endeavor.Pozen does not offer a magical or inexplicable solutions to productivity woes, he merely categorizes and explains an array of optimization techniques, that when applied in unison, will add to form noticeable productivity gains. Pozen’s prose is efficient, uncomplicated and conveniently summarized where possible. It was almost as though it was written for the busy executive who can only switch on his Ipad for 5 minute intervals during a lull in a meeting. The section on team management probably should have been written less definitively, but the majority of the content was satisfying and applicable. To summarize, this guy aint Pozen.
Paul A. Salvette –
A Very Helpful Book with Great Advice for Bosses
With an increasingly interconnected world, we have more access to knowledge and each other than ever before. This has been tremendous in some ways, but it has also had some unintended consequences. It has become more difficult for working professionals to separate their work and home life, and this has caused some damage to the social fabric. Just because you can reach your employees at 10 p.m. on a Saturday does not mean you should be doing so. In Extreme Productivity, Pozen provides excellent practical guidance on how to save time getting tasks accomplished in the workplace during work hours so that professionals can have a healthy work/life balance.The tips on saving time in meetings, emails, and travel are extremely beneficial for young professionals. The chapter on writing is great, because professional writing has become extremely sloppy with the advent of smartphones. Although, I think the great purpose of this book is the advice to managers on how not to waste your employees time and damage their morale. Pozen goes into extensive detail on the bad habits that certain types of bosses have, even if they are doing so subconsciously. Pozen’s book is not bogged down in dull statistics or research. It is written by a man with a life’s worth of experience who is seeking to impart some wisdom on younger managers.I purchased this book because I was having trouble managing time as the director of a small business. The reason I didn’t give the book a full 5-star review was because I thought there just wasn’t enough for the small businessman, which I was hoping for. This is understandable, because I don’t believe Mr. Pozen has operated a small business based on his bio. Pozen talks extensively about dealing with the bureaucracy found in large organizations, which is excellent but that isn’t really a factor with small business. Dealing with client expectations and cash flow problems are the huge issues. Pozen advocates spending less time with certain clients, but lack of customer service with anyone can destroy a small business. He also talks about flying business class in order to get a good night’s sleep during travel, but, again, this would not be practical for small businesses. Although the book is more designed for people working in the corporate world, it still has lots of practical tips and tricks no matter where you are working.If you are a manager in any type of large organization, stop wasting your team’s time and improve their morale by following Pozen’s tips. Extreme Productivity is an enjoyable read that is very helpful to any manager’s professional development.
Michael G Kurilla –
Some useful advice
While there is less than the book claims to deliver, there are several useful nuggets of wisdom that are valuable, especially for younger individuals near the beginning of their careers. First the good stuff.The 1st chapter is probably the best with a description of the differences among career aims / objectives / targets. By separating into distinct time horizons and the recognition that only a subset of shorter timelines contribute to longer term goals, Pozen succinctly demonstrates his style for prioritization. This is a more nuanced version of the older urgent vs. important distinction that sidetracks so many. The writing and speaking chapters also provide useful advice. The chapter on managing up has some valuable insights. His comments on meetings, especially running them are quite valuable.The less helpful sections offer bland cliches: when traveling, preparation is important (and call home frequently); when managing your team, don’t micromanage; when reading documents, find the highlights / recommendations / conclusions and then decide if you need to read the whole thing.For the demanding (and volume consumer) of this genre, there is little that breaks new ground. The book is well organized and the writing style allows for a quick read. For an early entrant to the managerial realm this is a good starting point for things to consider. For the long timer and experienced manager, there is little that hasn’t been said elsewhere. This is not a “how-to” book on organizing your workflow, rather, more a listing of considerations to keep in mind as issues arise.
Big Smooth –
Entertaining and Constructive
Mr. Pozen writes an outline for life at virtually any stage. He gives tips for recent college grads, newly weds, to retirees. Often times his ego will make you chuckle (“you may not be a speaking in front of sophisticated international leaders like I have but point is the same”), but it reads very well. I highly recommend to anyone looking to improve themselves personally and professionally.
Ed Barton –
Excellent Advice
A life changing book – one that covers everything from work to play, family and friends. Pozen covers a lot of ground with his advice – and it is all useful stuff. A great book and one going on my best list.
Kindle Customer –
Si vous vous demandez ce que peux vous apporter ce livre, je vous dirai qu’il vous fera gagner en qualité de réalisation tout en amelio votre équilibre vie privé/prof.Le vécus et expériences de l’auteur sont condensées en concepts simple a adopter pour être efficace.Bonne lecture
Placeholder –
If you are tired of typical productivity books, this is a good one. I just read a chapter on daily routine, and I was surprised by the simplicity of how Robert Pozen manages his day. If he could achieve so much with such simple routines, then we definitely don’t need fancy productivity hacks. A must read.PS: One aspect that I noticed is that Robert, since his childhood and early career days, threw himself into multiple undertakings at once. That developed his ability to manage his time and commitments well.
Michael Dickinson –
On the plus side, the writing is clear and easy to understand and written in a well organized fashion. For me though, the ideas were pretty basic and not a lot of game changing notions. A good book for those looking for a place to start. Not as helpful If looking for more advanced or original ideas in my opinion.
Fabio Mendonca –
Very good âHands onâ hints to boost your personal productivity regardless of your work and personal environment! A holistic view of Productivity!
P. Caetano –
Excellent and pragmatic tips for corporate workers on better managing time, running meetings, writing documents or focusing on priority work. This advice comes from an actual corporate leader and top university professor. Strikes the perfect balance for a productivity book. Its recommended habits and techniques are easy to implement and can make a difference backed by research. For instance the author, who was Fidelity’s president and currently delivers a course at MIT on productivity, provides an easy recipe for never taking too much time to write any document from outlining to conclusion. With a concrete example on improving paragraphs easily and efficient conclusions. There are plenty of books on these subjects but usually too long winded, and just about one subject a time. Also, usually such productivty books are either too academic like 300 page books on procrastination with impracticable freudian or jungian insights, or too simple and childish with the latest fade consultant or self help guru, who for the most part has never achived success outside of writting success books promising easy success, repeating one idea over and over and not transmiting too much information.