Donna McGeorge

Donna McGeorge is a speaker, author and mentor who helps people work smarter. Using a creative, practical approach, she improves workplace effectiveness while challenging thinking on leadership, productivity and virtual work. She is the author of 3 books, ‘The 25-Minute Meeting: Half the Time, Double the Impact’ and ‘The First 2 Hours: Making Better Use of Your Most Valuable Time’, and more recently, The 1 Day Refund: Take Back Time, Spend It Wisely published by John Wiley.

Donna McGeorge is an opinion columnist for the CEOWORLD magazine. You can follow her on LinkedIn. For more information, visit the author’s website.

CEO Agenda

5 ways ChatGPT will simplify your life admin

CEO AgendaDonna McGeorge

If you're a busy parent, you know how overwhelming it can be to juggle all the things that come with running a household. From managing schedules to meal preparation and everything in between, it can feel like there's never enough time in the day. Even if you aren’t a parent,...

CEO Agenda

How to create breathing space in both your personal and professional lives (hint: it’s not self-care or date nights)

CEO AgendaDonna McGeorge

In the midst of our busy lives, finding breathing space is critical for maintaining balance, enhancing productivity, and nurturing our well-being. While self-care and date nights are commonly touted as effective strategies, there are additional approaches that can help us create the necessary space in both our personal and professional...

Lifestyle and Travel

5 ways to use the summer holidays to create better habits that stick

Lifestyle and TravelDonna McGeorge

The summer holidays is a great time to relax, reset and recharge the batteries. The pandemic years have taken their toll on many of us and leading into the holiday period, many are feeling the need for a decent break. It’s also a time to reflect and contemplate how you...

CEO Insights

Mind the margin: How to give yourself a 15 percent time refund to avoid burnout and care for yourself

CEO InsightsDonna McGeorge

Resources and energy are needed for growth; this applies to pretty much any area of our world where we want to grow or get better. It is true for communities, for individuals and for the natural environment. And it’s not just about to physical growth. It’s also about emotional and...

CEO Insider

Time to start maximising every minute of your workday – here’s how

CEO InsiderDonna McGeorge

Imagine if time were a currency. That every minute had a dollar value. A cup of coffee could cost three minutes, and buying a house could cost you 30 years. Now would you think differently about how you spent that time? Currently, the majority of us accept meeting requests and...

CEO Advisory

5 Ways To Work Your Day Better

CEO AdvisoryDonna McGeorge

How do you currently spend the first two hours of your day? Things like: packing the kids’ lunchboxes, grabbing a coffee and a bit to eat form the local café, chatting office politics around the water cooler, walking the dog, or scrolling Facebook to see what all your friends have...

CEO Agenda

How to do more in a meeting with less time

CEO AgendaDonna McGeorge

I was recently in a meeting as the change management expert for a global organization. I was there to gather information, as their meetings were notorious for being late and inefficient. But this meeting was different: a manager came into the room and announced before we started, ‘I have a...

Donna McGeorge

5 ways ChatGPT will simplify your life admin

How to create breathing space in both your personal and professional lives (hint: it’s not self-care or date nights)

5 ways to use the summer holidays to create better habits that stick

Mind the margin: How to give yourself a 15 percent time refund to avoid burnout and care for yourself

Time to start maximising every minute of your workday – here’s how

5 Ways To Work Your Day Better

How to do more in a meeting with less time

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