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LESLIE SHREVE
Founder & CEO, Productive Day®
Creator of Taskology® The Science of Getting Things Done

Workload Management, Efficiency, and Productivity Training & Consulting for Leaders, Managers, and Motivated Professionals

Since 2003

06/10/2026

A CEO of a mid-sized healthcare staffing company said he was tired of experimenting. Tired of the "trial-and-error" process he used with new tools and apps to try manage his work.

I hear this ALL the time from frustrated leaders who are ready to DITCH the search and just find something that will WORK.

Are you in the same boat?

Here’s the deal...

NONE of the tools, platforms, or apps matter as much as the METHOD to use them.

💡To take control of your work, you need a METHODOLOGY for your TECHNOLOGY.

Otherwise, you’ll continuously be on the hunt for new tools and apps.
You’ll end up going down a lot of long, dark, dead-end processes.
You’ll discover that you’re spending way too much time on the app instead of your work.

But it doesn’t have to be that way.

🔑 You just need to key to unlock the levels of efficiency you know you’re capable of.

It’s ready and waiting for you so you can have an easier, yet more efficient workday.

So, how do you get started?

✅ Choose your favorite digital task management platform

This is the power of ONE. You could have all the tools and apps in the world, but MORE is not BETTER. Choose ONE. And going digital is crucial here. You’ve got to get away from paper. It’s failing you in more ways than one—and in ways you don’t realize.

✅ Centralize tasks and follow-ups.

Most professionals try to manage tasks from their SOURCE. And there are MANY sources. These are the ENTRY points and there tasks sit: email, voice mail, texts, social media, meeting notes, and more.

Professionals are also using a multitude of tools and apps to try to stay on top of things. These are like the life preservers they grab to keep them afloat.

The missing piece? 🧩 Having a TRUE strategy.

✅ Build your task list to be COMPLETE.

‘Complete’ means every task and follow-up you’re responsible for, no matter where it comes from or when you plan to do it. Pull tasks AWAY from their sources and add them into ONE system. There are very specific strategies you can deploy to get the MOST out of the platform you choose so it’s easy to rely on it for all tasks.

👉 Put these 3 steps together and this is EXACTLY how you…
…stop guessing
…stop juggling
…and finally feel in control again.

🧭 Want guidance for getting this done?

The 💡 Fast-Action Formula for Tasks 💡 gives you the EXACT step-by-step method to track and prioritize tasks, reduce overwhelm, save time, and work with more clarity and confidence.

👉 Learn more here: https://productiveday.com/waitlist-fast-action-formula

Get it today. Start now.

06/09/2026

*Attn: Leaders and Managers in Construction and Contracting*
🚨 The work you love to do isn’t overwhelming you.
What’s overwhelming is “the work behind the work.”

This is all about how you manage your day-to-day emails, calls, conversations, meeting notes, texts, DMs, to-do lists, information, files, e-docs, calendar, time… I’m exhausted just writing the list… LOL

Contractor Coach Pro, Jim Johnson, and I talked about this on his “Contractor Radio” podcast and what’s really going on behind the scenes in today’s chaotic workdays…

⚡ Too many sources of tasks (email, meetings, texts… the list above!)
⚡ Too many tools trying to manage them
⚡ Not enough clarity in ONE place

That combination makes it nearly impossible to prioritize and actually get things done.

One of the biggest takeaways:
You don’t need another app. You need a better way of working.

In other words, you don't need more technology.
You need a methodology for the technology...

So you can…
✔ See everything
✔ Make better choices
✔ Save time
✔ Use time more effectively
✔ Move forward *without* dropping the ball on something else

🎧 Watch the full conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYcbBa6iDZU

Or listen on Apple or Spotify – links in comments

05/22/2026

Here's what frustrates me the most about the productivity space right now. Everyone is making sweeping blanket statements of advice, delivered with absolute certainty, as if what works for one person works for everyone.

A guru tries something, it doesn't work for them, and they immediately declare it doesn't work for anyone. Productivity solutions are not one size fits all. The details of your work, your role, your business setting - all of it matters.

When those nuances get ignored, people end up on long frustrating paths of trial and error. Does this sound familiar?

05/15/2026

There are actually two missions in your workday - and most people don't realize it.

The first is doing your work. Using your expertise. Doing what you do best, what you love to do, unfettered and uninterrupted. The second is managing how you work - which should be running quietly in the background like an operating system.

For most professionals, the second mission is stealing time from the first. Time that could be used doing something more meaningful.

Which one takes up more of your day?

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