Crowley - Smart Work: Centralise, Organise, Realise

It is great to see that Dermot has finally published a book! His ability to help individuals and teams transform their work practices is second to none!

Ed Box, Banking and Finance Executive

I first met Dermot in 2002. At that time Dermot was an expert in managing time and priorities using a paper-based system. Over the years Dermot has evolved into the leading coach in utilising devices, Microsoft Office and systems to manage time and priorities. Thirteen years after first meeting Dermot I still use his principles and we use him in coaching our teams to become more effective. The skills Dermot teaches are life changing and I have no hesitation in endorsing Dermot and this book.

Scott Boyes, Vice President Operations, Accor Hotels

Smart Work is the upgrade we needed to have. Triage your life and read this book.

Matt Church, Founder, Thought Leaders Global and author of Amplifiers

Learning to work productively in the digital age is the critical business challenge of our time. Dermot Crowley has taken a seemingly insurmountable problem, distilled it down to three key concepts, and provided a step-by-step process to revolutionise productivity. What David Allen's Getting Things Done did for the noughties, Smart Work is set to do for our technology-driven time. Dermot's work has had a profound impact on me and my team, and transformed not only the way we work, but also what we even consider possible. If you want to achieve more, stress less, and spend more of your day doing work that matters, Smart Work is for you.

Peter Cook, author of The New Rules of Management

The brilliance of the techniques that Dermot teaches is that they are so simple and yet so incredibly effective. Anyone who has ever felt overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information in their daily workload should read this book.

Nick Dempsey, Head of FICC Compliance, Macquarie Bank

If you have ever answered Busy to the question How are you? then this book is for you. Dermot provides insights, solutions and practical tips for anyone who needs to manage their time, technology and energy better. In an age where we are constantly asked to work smarter Smart Work shows us how.

Gabrielle Dolan, author of Ignite

Smart Work is a great read for any busy executive who is struggling to stay focused on the important work in a workplace driven by urgency, meetings and emails. Dermot's approach to productivity is practical, relevant and smart.

Susan Ferrier, National Managing Partner, People, Performance & Culture, KPMG

Dermot's work is magic. The ideas in this book will add hours to your day and weeks to your year. So! Liberate yourself from draining, dumb and defunct ways of working discover how to work smart today.

Dr Jason Fox, motivational scientist and author of The Game Changer and How to Lead a Quest

They used to say If you want something done, give it to a busy person. In my opinion, this maxim should read, If you want something done, give it to Dermot Crowley. Dermot is, without question, the master of productivity and doing what works.

Dan Gregory, CEO, The Impossible Institute and co-author of Selfish, Scared & Stupid

Life is as busy as it has ever been. Effort is key, but time is of the essence. We have to adapt, we have to improve, we have to be more efficient and work smarter. Dermot Crowley is Australia's thought leader on this extremely important subject working smarter. He has positively impacted captains of industry, executives, executive assistants, and so many other people in so many ways, enabling them to simply focus on what's important and to have a lasting impact. This book will enable and guide you to do exactly that.

John Karagounis, Managing Director and CEO, The CEO Circle

This is a very simple, easy to follow book that promotes great productivity tips beyond the high level concepts by providing practical day-to-day recommendations that integrate into the tools that we use all day, every day. Well worth the read!

Caleb Reeves, General Manager, Customer programs, Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Dermot helped me make fundamental changes to the way I use technology and organise my time. I always recommend him to people who are looking to become more efficient, effective and productive.

Michael Rose, Chief Executive Partner, Allens

I have worked with Dermot for over three years. He has been my personal productivity coach and also trained more than 500 people for me. In both my own experience and for many who adopt his ideas there is a big ah-ha! moment which makes you realise you have become a slave to the urgent and have lost sight of the important. Worse still, the tools for your own productivity were in front of you but you see them as the problem and not the solution.

Once you adopt his methods you suddenly feel in control and your stress levels will drop. I have had people tell me It saved my life! as they felt they were drowning at work from information and contact overload. Another moved from 5000 emails in their inbox to having white space in it!

It's not easy as you have to change from old but well established bad habits to new ones. However, with persistence and the odd relapse, I promise these ideas and this book will change your working life.

James Sheffield, Financial Services Executive

Dermot Crowley is one of the most important people that I have met in the last 25 years. This importance has not come from anything specifically that he did, but in the way he empowered me to act in an organised and proactive way each day. Dermot's approach to staying in control of our increasingly complex daily lives through the intelligent use of technology is easily implemented and actually works! I have followed his approach to personal productivity for the majority of my working life and I could simply not imagine working any other way.

If you wish to produce a higher quality more consistently; if you wish to have more time to actually think throughout the day and most importantly; if you wish to have more control over the balance between your work and personal life, then Smart Work is a road map to assist you in achieving this and more.

John Slack-Smith, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, Harvey Norman

Dermot's book sets the benchmark on how to get the most out of yourself and every day by focusing on the behaviours that are required to build the successful habits that lead to good outcomes not just the technology. Applying his approach has helped me gain greater control at work, generate better outcomes and create more balance between work and personal goals. I recommend it highly for anyone who is looking to master their agenda and get the absolute most out of their time.

Angus Sullivan, EGM Retail Products & Strategy, Commonwealth Bank of Australia

First published in 2016 by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd
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Dermot Crowley 2016

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