*This blog covers step four of Naphtali Hoff’s “Productivity Blueprint,” a guide identifying five steps leaders must take if they are to ensure they and their teams become and remain productive. This fourth step is “Sustaining for Maximal Productivity.” Visit these links for steps one, two, three and five. You can also click here to take Naphtali’s productivity assessment.
Once you have gone through the first three steps (planning, sharing and doing) of the “Productivity Blueprint,” the next step is to aim to ensure that your new productivity process is sustainable and doesn’t quickly fizzle out. So often, we get excited about a new process but lack the tools, commitment and/or mindset to see it to completion and long-term integration.
The goal of this post is to empower you to keep going in the face of setbacks and maintain the requisite level of well-being required for succeeding over the long haul. The components of this fourth step are as follows: