Vision HR

Happy New Week!

Can you believe February is over already! As you end the month and start this new week, become more aware of where your time goes.

We encourage you to try out the Pomodoro Technique. ⏰ This popular time-management method can help you power through distractions, hyper-focus and get things done in short bursts, while taking frequent breaks to come up for air and relax.

Using this method, you break your workday into 25-minute chunks separated by five-minute breaks. These intervals are referred to as pomodoros. After about four pomodoros, you take a longer break of about 15 to 20 minutes.

Rather than feeling like you have endless time in the workday to get things done and then ultimately squandering those precious work hours on distractions, you know you only have 25 minutes to make as much progress on a task as possible. Additionally, the forced breaks help to cure that frazzled, burnt-out feeling most of us experience toward the end of the day.

Credit: This method was developed by Francesco Cirillo who named the system “Pomodoro” after the tomato-shaped timer he used to track his work as a university student.

It's Monday and that means weekly meetings for some of us. Does your business conduct weekly meetings? What impact has this had on your productivity? Some businesses can’t function without a weekly staff meeting, while others are overscheduled. Here’s how to find the balance.

1. Keep it short
2. Set an agenda before the meeting.
3. Celebrate the wins of the previous week (with treats - optional!)
4. Ask three standard questions: What did you do yesterday? What will you do today? What obstacles are still in your way
5. Share the main action steps for the week
6. Have your team run the meetings and encourage different people to speak
7. Update your team with important company news

Through your shared efforts, you and your team can create a better plan for the upcoming week.