by Jeffrey Keefer | Oct 18, 2022 | Change & Transformation, Coaching, Education, Goals, Habits, Organizational & Workplace Learning, Studying |
The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method for people who have trouble concentrating. It can be used in any situation that requires concentration, such as work or school. The technique is easy. Work for 25 minutes, then rest for 5 minutes. After 4 cycles, take...
by Jeffrey Keefer | Oct 11, 2022 | Coaching, Education, Goals, Habits |
The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method developed in the late 1980s. The technique uses a timer to break down work into intervals, traditionally 25 minutes in length, separated by short breaks. I used it for my doctoral research, and continue to use it...
by Jeffrey Keefer | Aug 6, 2019 | Coaching, Opportunities, Organizational & Workplace Learning, Reflective Practice |
When we explore the cost of learning, we often find ourselves focusing on the cost in a transactional way. I pay this, and therefore I should get that.Easy peasy, but is that a realistic assessment for how learning works?Is it really that simple, that if I buy this...
by Jeffrey Keefer | Aug 5, 2019 | Coaching, Opportunities, Organizational & Workplace Learning, Reflective Practice |
How do you navigate the cost of learning? What sort of world would we have if we could improve ourselves in any way possible, at any time, without any limits? Want to get an MBA? Great, let’s start today. Want to figure out how to fix those leadership challenges...
by Jeffrey Keefer | Aug 1, 2019 | Challenges, Coaching, Goals, Organizational & Workplace Learning, Reflective Practice |
Many of us have the experience of creating SMART goals, especially during that once-a-year time when organizations tend to focus upon them. You know, we set our goals for the next year, and while they are often organizationally-focused and based on the context we know...
by Jeffrey Keefer | Jul 31, 2019 | Challenges, Coaching, Goals, Organizational & Workplace Learning, Reflective Practice |
SMART Goals Assume Contextual Stability Continuing our exploration of challenges to the notion and practice of SMART Goals, after the one I recently wrote related to the goals being more for my organization than for me, we come to the ever-present conflict that all...
