Having immediate access to relevant resources is key to the McGhee Productivity Solutions strategy. Our newsletter provides timely facts and practical pointers to enhance your planning and action. The archive contains items of value from the past. The reading list encompasses books and articles directly related to productivity and leadership. Enjoy.

Recommended Reading

Take Back Your Life! Special Edition - Using Microsoft Outlook to Get Organized and Stay Organized by Sally McGhee - In this book, Sally makes the heart of her popular corporate training class available to everyone struggling to rebalance his or her work life and deliver better results.

Microsoft Connections Audio*: Sally McGhee on Productivity

Sally McGhee is featured in this Microsoft Connections audio interview discussing barriers to productivity and how the small business owner can cope.

Microsoft UK At Work Newsletter*: Sally McGhee on “4 Ways to Take Control of Your E-mail Inbox"

Microsoft Office Online*: Sally McGhee on “Eight Tips for Storing and Editing Documents on Team Websites"

MPS Tips and Tricks on Microsoft.com*

Microsoft invited us to provide some easy-to-use tips and tricks that are posted on the Information Worker section of Microsoft.com. You can review these six key skills by following these links:

Format e-mail messages for clarity

Create an effective reference system

Set up folders for an e-mail reference system

Process and organize your e-mail to increase productivity

Write e-mail messages that get attention

Respond effectively to e-mail messages

Additional Recommended Reading

Organizing from the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern - A practical, intuitive guide to identifying personal blocks to getting and staying organized.

Get Organized in the Digital Age by Lucy Hedrick - Simple tips on choosing the best technology, written especially for the "technologically challenged."

Zapp! The Lightening of Empowerment by William C. Byham - Creating productivity through empowering employees.

Managing Your Energy at Work by Carol Bergmann - Clearing personal blocks to keep energy focused at work.

The Articulate Executive - Harvard Business Review - Orchestrating a culture of effective organizational communication.

E--Writing: 21st Century tools for Effective Communication by Dianna Booher - Business writing style and reference guide.

Leadership and Self-Deception by the Arbinger Institute - Explains process of projection and why blame and judgment of others tends to be a reflection of our own self-deception.

Leadership Is an Art by Max De Pree - Explores how executives and managers can learn the leadership skills that build a better, more profitable organization.

The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge - Systemic thinking applied to organizational development. Helps companies to clarify goals and recognize opportunities.

Life Matters: Creating a Dynamic Balance of Work, Family, Time and Money by A. Roger Merrill and Rebecca R. Merrill. The title says it all.

Enlightened Leadership: Getting to the Heart of Change by Ed Oakley - Changing focus to support positive results in the organization.

Credibility by James Kouzes, Barry Posner - Understanding the fundamental importance of credibility in building personal and organizational success.

Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott - Practical advice on maintaining authenticity and honesty in difficult conversations.

Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership by Joseph Jaworski - Guide to develop your ability to collectively shape the future.

The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander - View our circumstances from a different frame to identify new pathways

You Just Don't Understand by Deborah Tannen, PhD - Complexities of communication between women and men.

The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle - How staying centered in the present moment provides access to creativity, productivity and happiness.