Productivity

focus management, mental health, productivity, support, virtual working, working from home

Focus management has been something that the Carrot team has practised for years now, but right now we’re all facing what could be months of uncertainty. How on earth do we continue to be focused and productive when the country’s…

Creating achievable goals for 2020

January 10, 2020

There’s lots of advice out there about setting achievable goals, but there’s one thing that a lot of articles don’t cover. If you’re not in the right mindset, if you’re burned out, depressed, grieving, or just feeling low, the idea…

How will workplaces evolve in the next 5 to ten years?

March 8, 2019

distributed workforce, Diversity, flexible working, focus management, productivity, resilience

As businesses look for new ways to remain competitive, we’ll see more of them looking for ways to help employees become more efficient, healthy and focused. Employees won’t see flexibility as an optional extra anymore – they’re already starting to…

Introverts & extroverts in the workplace

June 5, 2018

collaboration, Extroverts, focus, goals, Introverts, Reward, Risk

There’s a lingering misconception about introversion and extroversion. It’s not about being either shy or outgoing. There are plenty of shy extroverts and lots of outgoing introverts. It’s really about how your brain processes information. For example, my colleague Kate…

New Year’s resolution: focus on goals, not tasks

January 17, 2018

Kate Hartley

Measurement, PR, Productivity

goals, motivation, PR, setting objectives

As we finalise PR plans for 2018, it’s a good time to set resolutions for the year ahead and set good habits in our working lives. It’s easy to get into the habit when you’re busy of focusing on tasks…

Seven statements that stop us from changing

August 18, 2017

action lists, change, goals, plans, productivity

I’m reading Triggers: Sparking positive change and making it last, by Marshall Goldsmith. I say reading, but that sounds so passive and going through this book is hard work. The book’s all about behavioural change and how we can resist…

What makes you stressed at work?

May 11, 2017

Communication, creativity, internal communications, Leadership, Mental Health Awareness Week, productivity, stress, trust, values

I have, at various times, been diagnosed with stress, anxiety and depression. I guess many people would think that anxiety is the most nonsensical of the three. Constantly catastrophizing about even the smallest things. But for me it’s the easiest…

Why time management is for robots

January 16, 2017

Communication, creativity, focus, PFC, productivity, training

The first thing I noticed when I started working in PR (oh God, 10 years ago) was that most people seemed to be slightly frazzled. Even when it looked like they had nothing much going on. There was a perpetual…

The slow death of productivity: work smarter, not harder

June 17, 2014

creativity, Getting Things Done, paperwork, productivity, time management