Skip navigation
Extreme Productivity
Book

Extreme Productivity

Boost Your Results, Reduce Your Hours

HarperBusiness, 2012 more...


Editorial Rating

7

Qualities

  • Applicable

Recommendation

White-collar employees are working harder than ever. Many get to their offices early, leave late, work through lunch and stay at their desks over the weekends and on holidays. Yet these workers are often minimally productive. Robert C. Pozen, a former CEO who lectures on management issues at Harvard Business School, offers solutions for this dilemma in this sensible manual about time management, productivity and focus. His advice, which particularly applies to knowledge workers, is sound and generally useful. It seems like common sense, not new or flashy, but Pozen is good at helping you build confidence by establishing concrete processes. getAbstract recommends Pozen’s helpful guide to professionals, managers, knowledge workers and all who want to boost their time management and productivity skills.

Take-Aways

  • Time is your most precious resource.
  • Evaluate your productivity based on your results, not on the hours you work.
  • Focus on your top priorities and spend minimal time on secondary work.

About the Author

Robert C. Pozen is a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of Too Big to Save? and a former chairman of MFS Investment Management.


Comment on this summary or Start Discussion