Three reasons why personal productivity/following up/getting things can be difficult
1. The Smart Talk Trap: Even the best managers sometimes forget that to inspire action, they need to do more than simply spout platitudes.
2. The Knowing-Doing Gap: Hollow talk, debilitating fear, destructive internal competition, poorly designed and complex measurement systems and mindless reliance on precedent can stop effective action in its tracks.
3. Attention Deficit Trait: The ever-present distractions of modern technology (email, the web, and all over our gadgets, natch) overload our "brain circuitry".
National Staff Development Council: Take action to bridge the knowing-doing gap http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/results/res3-04spar.cfm
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