Stress2006.com - Inspired by Pink Floyd?

Pink Floyd observed in 'Time' that: "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way". It's 'time' for that to change - please see www.stress2006.com

(PRWEB) April 22, 2006 -- Pink Floyd observed in 'Time' that: "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way".

It's 'time' for that to change.

Teams are tired of hyped-up initiatives and are crying out for a simple & tangible solution. The solution is now globally deliverable on-line. For those serious about leadership, teamwork, time management, decision making, stress management and better lives, you can find it at www.stress2006.com

20 years ago, while a financial controller in Sydney, Mark Lovekin (now an Executive Director of Organised 1st) worked grueling 80 hours a week, until one day he gave himself a fright. A work colleague had asked Mark: "Would you like a cup of tea or coffee?" To process that simple question and "find" the appropriate answer and then articulate it took him one whole minute: 60 full seconds. Mark knew then that he was in trouble. He realized his brain was so overloaded that his ability to process the simplest question had been drastically diminished.

Disorganized by nature, Mark was determined to change the way he was working. He decided he needed a system that would enable him to better manage all his information intake areas - his diary, his "to do" list, his phone messages and calls to be made, his appointments, his thinking and "ideas", his in-tray and his desk. While there were plenty of 'time management' systems available, he couldn't find anything that could adequately help him process and manage all intakes. So Mark devised his own system and began sharing it with colleagues and business associates and, they loved it.

The simple changes he made enabled Mark to become much more efficient and much less stressed in his work and home life. He also found he could reduce his working hours but achieve more. Over the next few years Mark refined his system and continued to share it with others.

Some time later Mark moved into business consulting. One of his clients was St George Bank which had sought his help to resolve escalating customer complaints, high staff turnover and a need to improve revenue. Mark soon realized these were not problems but symptoms. He found that staff felt overloaded and unable to adequately cope with the demands placed upon them, which in turn was affecting customer service, staff churn and revenue. Coincidentally, this was at the start of the computer era where email systems were a new intrusion that created more interruptions and more work.

Mark surprised St George by saying he couldn't fix their problems as such but proposed to "get the staff more efficiently organized". His rationale made sense and the management agreed to try his solution.

Within three months the symptoms to St George's problems had been reversed: staff turnover had dropped dramatically as had customer complaints; and new business had increased by 70% in just three months. Both management and staff at St George couldn't thank Mark enough - he knew then that he was onto something worth developing further.

Worth a look via: www.stress2006.com

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