We are on a mission to change the way the world thinks about meetings. So you can break the cycle of your calendar being booked back to back. Let’s create a culture where no one has to sit in a boring or unproductive meeting again! This FREE 30 min Ninja Skill Booster will get you thinking differently about meetings you host AND participate in.

Date: September 20, 2023

Duration: 28 minutes

Host: Australia

Spoken Language: English

In this session will share a few of our favourite tools and get you thinking about what this means for you moving forward.

As Productivity Ninjas, we are generally TOOL AGNOSTIC – we believe in psychology before technology and what’s right for us personally isn’t right for everyone. We also know there are some awesome apps out there to support our work rather than just distract us.

Date: August 22, 2023

Duration: 27 minutes

Host: Australia

Spoken Language: English

Hybrid Working is still very much a hot topic.

Join us to discuss the many challenges leaders are facing in the Hybrid Workspace.

We’ll share some of the latest research and also some Ninja tactics to build trust and enhance team engagement.

Date: July 20, 2023

Duration: 30 minutes

Host: Australia

Spoken Language: English

Links for materials referenced in the session:
https://thinkproductive.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022-Weekly-Review-Checklist.pdf
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A5TP386gqMXOxnu0GLgXre3rzOmNmZU2/edit

One of the things that keeps us focused and on top of our Ninja stuff is doing a weekly review. When you have too much to do, taking time out to stop doing it can seem like an odd idea. But it certainly keeps us on track.

We will share with you the 5 steps to a successful review, how to make time for it and also lead a fascinating discussion around the pros / cons / barriers and EXCUSES that come up.

See you there 🙂

Date: June 20, 2023

Duration: 27 minutes

Host: Australia

Spoken Language: English

Improvisation helps you think on your feet, find your voice, and increase your listening and presence. Essential skills for leading and collaborating at any level.

Join serial improvisers, Think Productive MD, Elena Kerrigan and Professional Coach David Papa in this Ninja Skills Session where they introduce you to the basics of improvisation (think “Whose Line is it Anyway”) and challenge you to rethink your relationship with mistakes and perfection.

Timestamps:
00:00 Hello and Welcome!
02:16 Why We Personally Enjoy Improv
04:49 What Improv Can Bring to Your Work
07:15 Learning to Silence Your Inner Critic
08:33 Using the 'Yes and' Rule to Make You a Great Scene Partner
09:41 The Importance of Listening to Your Scene Partner
10:14 Committing to Your Character
10:38 How Improv Can Increase Creativity at Work
12:27 Setting Boundaries and Creating Safe Scenes
14:40 Improv Game Ideas and Rules for the Workplace
16:01 More From Think Productive
19:27 How Improv Can Be Energising

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Date: June 13, 2023

Duration: 20 minutes

Host: United Kingdom

Spoken Language: English

In this free webinar, Graham Allcott discusses how we can all bring kindness to work – and the positive impact it has on our productivity and well-being.

He talks about:
- How kindness and empathy drive trust and help build the psychological safety that high-performing teams and organisations need to thrive
- Why “kind” and “nice” are NOT the same thing
- The traits of Kindful Leadership
- Give practical tips on how to inject kindness into your team that will inspire others to pass it on

Timestamps:
00:00 Hello and Welcome!
02:10 You're Human, Not a Superhero
03:24 Why the 'Business Baddie' Archetype Should be Challenged
05:54 Successful Business 'Goodies'
09:33 How Kindness and Trust Promote Productivity and Safety
12:22 The Difference Between Being Nice and Being Kind
15:21 The 7 Traits of Kind Leaders
19:58 'Human, Not Superhero' in Practice
21:35 The People First, Work Second Mentality
22:00 Why You Should Create Space to Ease Tension, Understand and Listen
25:03 How to Open and End Meetings with Kindness
25:48 Make Someone's Day With a Kind Email
27:24 The Benefits of Paying it Forward
29:49 More From Graham Allcott and Think Productive
34:06 Ulterior Motives and Kindness
35:37 The Importance of Being Kind to Yourself
36:51 Authenticity and Doing Your Best
38:04 Kindness and Accountability
39:02 Why Kindness Isn't Weakness
40:09 Prioritising Kindness Even When You're Stressed
41:48 Injecting Kindness into Formal Situations

For more tips on how to make space for what matters, and all of our latest skill sessions, make sure to like this video and subscribe!

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Date: June 12, 2023

Duration: 46 minutes

Host: United Kingdom

Spoken Language: English

EMPOWER YOUR TEAM, RECLAIM YOUR TIME. WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW!

Are you a Delegation Ninja?

When we get busy and overwhelmed, we often stop delegating – “they won’t do it like I do it, it’s too hard, it will take too long, everyone else is busy too…” The excuses abound.

Join us to find out:
- Why Delegation is great
- Why YOU need to delegate well
- How to Delegate Like a Ninja

By optimising the way you delegate, you can build an organisation of thinkers. It brilliantly empowers your team members to think and to problem solve in new and innovative ways. Suddenly you are building a culture of thinking, engaged, motivated problem solvers, rather than a culture of overloaded, responsibility burdened managers.

Date: May 30, 2023

Duration: 28 minutes

Host: Australia

Spoken Language: English

So being a Productivity Ninja means we get it all done, perfectly, all the time right? Wrong.

At Think Productive, we’re helping create workplace cultures where yes people can get their best stuff done, but just as importantly in a way that's sustainable, happy and healthy. That was always tricky of course – but in this past year, it somehow got even harder.

Join our Productivity Ninja Lee Cottier & MD Elena Kerrigan as we explore the balance between expectations and reality, learn to embrace the way things really are, and commit to practical ways of looking after ourselves, and each other.

For more tips on how to make space for what matters, and all of our latest skill sessions, make sure to like this video and subscribe!

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Date: May 17, 2023

Duration: 57 minutes

Host: United Kingdom

Spoken Language: English

Since Hayley and Graham published ‘How to Fix Meetings’ in 2021 we’ve been in many organisations to help reduce the number of meetings people attend and to help make the ones that people do attend even better.

In this webinar, Hayley and Graham chat about some of the wonderful ideas clients have come up with to improve their meetings and some of the challenging questions our Productivity Ninjas are asked about meetings.

They also include some ideas on how different organisations are dealing with their information updates, hybrid meetings and what information needs to be shared in advance as a bare minimum.

Timestamps:
00:00 Hello and Welcome!
02:24 The Real Cost of Meetings
03:29 Where You Should Be Putting Your Attention
07:45 Balancing Virtual and Face to Face Meetings
09:20 Challenges of Hybrid Meetings
13:20 Encouraging Positive Contribution in Meetings
17:41 The Importance of Setting a Meeting Agenda
19:58 Tips for Keeping Your Meetings Fresh and Engaging
21:52 Acknowledging Power Dynamics (the HIPPO effect)
25:05 The 40-20-40 Model
27:46 The Importance of Truth and Honesty
31:12 The Delete a Day Challenge
36:50 Being More Ruthless with Meetings
38:25 How to Deal With Meetings that Overrun
41:56 Writing Purpose Statements
44:23 How to Opt Out of Meetings
47:40 Encouraging People to Bring Truth to Meetings
50:13 Introducing a Trial Period For Changes
51:31 How to Prioritise Actions
54:24 Optimising Your Pro-Active Attention Time
58:58 How to Keep Moving During Meetings

For more tips on how to make space for what matters, and all of our latest skill sessions, make sure to like this video and subscribe!

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Date: May 9, 2023

Duration: 1 hour, 1 minute

Host: United Kingdom

Spoken Language: English