What's Best Next

You are here: Home / 2017 / Archives for October 2017

Archives for October 2017

How Leaders Accomplish More by Doing Less (Updated PDF Article)

by

Leaders, do you ever feel like your workload is just too much? Is it difficult to know what to prioritize?  

As a leader you’ve probably gathered great experience in a variety of work. You can probably generate a lot of activity and knock out a lot of tasks. But are you accomplishing the right things? Are you trying to do it all?

In this updated article, Matt Perman shares ways that you can accomplish more for your organization by doing less.

Download the free PDF to read later or share with your leadership team.

 

Sign Up for Productivity Coaching

by

How do you get from where you are to where you want to be?

Many times there are obstacles in the way. You might know the goals you want to accomplish, but not be sure how to navigate the obstacles that plague our productivity. How do you overcome things like the urgency addiction, reactive workflow, procrastination, and distraction? What is the best way to manage your workflow, email, and meetings?

Or you might be stuck because you don’t have clarity on where you’re seeking to go at all. You might feel unbalanced in your life, or have a lack of direction and purpose. Or you might wonder what it means to truly do your work in a gospel-centered way–which is one of the most important issues surrounding our work today.

We have found that coaching is one of the best ways to overcome whatever productivity challenges you may be facing. Coaching helps you go further, faster. Why? Because of the outside input and encouragement that comes from a trained coach. Andy Stanley summarizes this so well in his book The Next Generation Leader: 

You may be good. You may even be better than anyone else. But without outside input you will never be as good as you could be. We all do better when somebody is watching and evaluating.

That’s why we offer productivity coaching. We help you develop the confidence and skills to overcome the obstacles to your productivity and make the impact you are called to make–and do it in a God-centered, gospel-driven way.

Our coaching combines the What’s Best Next methodology with the approach to coaching taught at Columbia University Coaching, both of which are driven by research and evidence from global thought leaders and practitioners. It is professional productivity coaching to help you reach the next level.

We offer three types of coaching:

  • One-on-one coaching
  • Team coaching
  • Learn to coach

You can learn more about each of these options on our coaching page. And if you’re interested, contact us for more information on availability and costs.

Introducing the Updated What’s Best Next

by

It’s been awhile! We have redesigned our website and made updates to what we are doing as an organization that we’d love to share with you.

Website Updates

The first thing you might notice is that we now have a much-improved graphic look and organization for the site, making it easier to find and read content you are interested in.

The website also gives more information on What’s Best Next as an organization in the About section. Read especially about our mission, values, and what we mean by “gospel-driven productivity.”

You can also now more easily buy books in the store, and we have more products to come.

I am getting back to blogging again, so there will be new free content coming regularly again. Also, we will be posting new articles, messages, and videos to build out the resources section even more fully for you.

Updates on the Organization

As an organization, we have refined what we are about. Here is what we do: we provide resources and training to help you be more effective, in a God-centered way.

That’s what we do. Why do we do it? So that you can do your work with more peace of mind, greater effectiveness, and in a way that honors God and serves others most fully. That’s where the greatest fulfillment is found!

We will share more with you in the coming weeks on the new services and products we will be offering. To start, here are two key things we’re focusing on right now: workshops and coaching.

Book a Workshop

I’ve been doing keynote speaking and workshops for a while, but haven’t done much to promote them. Now we’re making it more widely known. Check out the speaking page to learn more about how to bring me in for staff training or another workshop.

Sign Up for Productivity Coaching

This is perhaps the biggest new thing. We have provided coaching for a while, but now we are giving it greater focus. We love doing it and have been seeing lives changed.

In a nutshell, reading and doing training are great. But the way to really take things to the next level is to apply gospel-driven productivity with the help of a coach. As Andy Stanley has said,

You will never maximize your potential in any area without coaching. It is impossible. You may be good. You may even be better than anyone else. But without outside input you will never be as good as you could be. We all do better when somebody is watching and evaluating (The Next Generation Leader, 104).

So we’re offering coaching and have begun training other coaches to expand our coaching over the next year. Learn more and let us know if you are interested!

Thanks for being a great website community over the years. We are excited about these new updates and offerings and can’t wait to serve you more fully.

A New Status Update

by

We have been working hard behind the scenes to retool What’s Best Next for greater effectiveness.

Look for new content to begin rolling out next week, along with the launch of our new website, and a greater emphasis on our coaching and other services. We will also have updates on upcoming books, courses, and more!