Breakthrough Productivity
Our approach to managing work provides a dramatic increase in productivity and effectiveness while reducing your stress.
It allows you to do and accomplish more with less time, effort and resources.
Life is faster and more complex today than it was yesterday. And it does not look like things are slowing down any time soon.
Working today is tougher. We are deluged with information, challenged by impossible deadlines and overwhelmed by spiraling expectations.
No matter how well organized we are, we simply can’t get it all done.
Tools that were developed more than 30 years ago - are simply insufficient for the demands of today’s work environment. Where do the old techniques go wrong? They tell us that productivity is about getting more done. But this leaves us trying to get caught up and hoping the latest technological gadget will make some difference. In reality, we just get farther and farther behind.
We utilize the Mission Control methodology that gives you a new system for dealing with everything - immediately making you more productive.
Mission Control provides you with tools and a pathway for impacting and elevating individual effectiveness and organizational performance.
In our workshops and consulting programs you learn that you developed work habits unconsciously over time - as a strategy to deal with everything coming at you. You will see how these familiar and established work habits are actually obstacles to your productivity.
We work with you to build new habits for dealing with all of the demands, task, activities, interruptions, problems and opportunities that come at you day after day.
We give you an entirely new way of thinking about, organizing and managing your work and your life.
The system is comprised of 6 New Tools with accompanying work practices. The approach enables you to focus on what is in front of you - and bring all of your intelligence, creativity and natural ability to bear on your work.
On average, people who have completed the Mission Control program report that they are saving or “recovering” 4.5 hours per week. In a workgroup of 50 people this equates to 225 hours per week. The equivalent cost savings of more than 5 full time employees.
You’re busy. We’re all busy. The threat of not being busy feels even worse. So we keep working harder and longer hours.
There are overwhelming amounts of things to do in our organizations, for our families and communities, and for ourselves - and the amount is rapidly increasing. Often we have the nagging feeling that we are not getting to all that we should, all that we would like, and not even getting to some things that are of critical importance. We are left with the question, “Am I doing the right things?”
In the face of all of this, is it even possible to develop the skills to deal with all of the effectively?
Our clients will tell you it absolutely is possible.
What People are Saying About Mission Control
Participants from Fortune 500 companies who have completed the Mission Control program report:
- “Having too much to do and not enough time to do it” drops by 85%
- “Feeling overwhelmed by all of the things I have to do” drops by 85%
- “Putting aside personal or family time to get the job done” drops by 85%
- “Worrying about things dropping through the cracks” drops by 70%
- Generating alignment among different groups in the organization
- Propelling individuals and groups into focused action
- Increasing execution, delivery and results
- Simultaneously reduce stress and increase work/life balance
You generate new perspectives that create new levels of freedom and power and you have new insight into what will make a difference in accomplishing what is of greatest importance to you and your organization. Beyond being left with new perspectives, you determine the specific actions that you and others will take, and set them up in a way that leaves you enabled and empowered.
Executive Performance and Productivity
Our approach to productivity supports executives and teams to deal with the complex agendas with which they are faced, as well as with any problem, challenge or opportunity.
Mission Control supports executives with challenges such as:
- Producing results when the pathway is uncertain
- Expansion of or change in accountabilities
- Alignment of executive teams, business units, and/or strategic partners
- Execution of strategy
Workgroup Performance and Productivity
The tools and practices we work with are specifically designed to support workgroups, project teams, departments, cross-functional groups, and entire organizations. Using this approach:
- Accountability and ownership within the group are fostered and become internally driven instead of imposed
- Coordinated action, collaboration, and partnership are elevated
- Meetings become purposeful, communications produce the desired action and email becomes manageable
- Stress is reduced and job satisfaction is increased, reducing turnover and sick days
Individual Performance and Productivity
In Mission Control workshops and programs, you have new insight into the self-imposed limitations on your effectiveness, productivity and performance. You will learn new principles, perspectives and tools that will leave you in action so that you bring all of your intelligence, creativity, and natural ability to bear on your work and life.
You leave:
- Able to focus completely on what’s in front of you
- Powerfully managing everything you are doing, and powerfully dealing with what you are not doing
- Finding yourself accomplishing what is most important to you
- More energetic, satisfied, and with peace of mind
- Having direct access to work/life balance
Award-Winning Public Programs
Our award-winning, individual productivity program is offered in a variety of formats, such as in-person and online, each of which enables you to elevate your performance, productivity, and effectiveness.
