The David Allen Company is now offering custom one-on-one telecoaching sessions with our workflow coaching staff

- Handle: "How do I begin?"
- Take yourself to the next level toward "black belt"
- Get back on the wagon (if you've wavered - no need for guilt!)

Have you read the book, listened to our tapes, surfed this site, or been in one of our seminars and would like some kind of "quick-start" for yourself to get off on the right foot setting up your own personal system? Or, did you start out with a bang but feel you've wavered from the path a bit and just want to reinvigorate yourself to get current and complete again, at a new level?

If so, take advantage of the new David Allen Telecoaching service - one of our full time coaches on the line with you directly, assisting you in analyzing your situation and working with you step by step to get you from here to there, easily and rapidly.

Though the Getting Things Done methodology provides a straightforward, practical system for implementing simple productivity principles, (if you're like all of us) you can use all the help you can get! In response to the many requests from around the world for a way to get personalized coaching in a more "quick and dirty" format than our standard one-on-one intensive, we are now offering the service of a full time David Allen coach via phone. Take advantage of our years of experience with thousands of professionals to save you light years of time and effort, with all the best tricks, tips, shortcuts, and best practices for your unique situation and needs.

The program is specifically designed to support those who have engaged with any of the David Allen Company materials and services (books, tapes, articles, seminars, interviews, etc.) and who are looking for a quick and elegant way to start and work the system for themselves at a successful level. We have already successfully piloted this service with many in our network, doing customized Weekly Reviews, getting Projects lists complete, tying loose ends of systems together, etc.


Though there is no obligation, we recommend four sessions, with a schedule worked out with your coach for maximum effectiveness and convenience. Contact our office staff for more information on this terrific way to get going for a brand new level of productivity.

Contact:
Meg Edwards
Director - Coaching Services
207-878-9436
f: 207-878-9672
meg@davidco.com
Please note that Meg is based in Maine.


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Weekly Review

"Over the years I have tried many different organisation systems to improve my work/life balance and to increase my personal effectiveness at work. Like many people I found my way to David Allen’s Getting Things Done system. I implemented David’s approach and saw some immediate benefits from the GTD approach but I always felt there was something I was not quite getting.

I started reading about Telecoaching on the Davidco website. Although hesitant about it at first, after an initial contact with Meg Edwards I was convinced that it was a good way to access some expert assistance. Meg recommended using Skype to save on the cost of International phone calls and Go To Meeting to allow her to see my desktop. This was particularly useful as I use Lotus Notes at work and have setup most of my GTD system in Notes folders.

During the first coaching session, with Meg’s assistance I got through my monthly, Weekly Review in a matter of 20 minutes and simplified my Project List.  Apart from the obvious process improvement suggestions that Meg made, I came away with an alternative way of thinking about both my work and how the GTD methodology could be applied.

Even though I live in Australia and cannot access David's seminars directly, telecoaching with Meg really helped bridge the gap between what I was able to achieve by reading the book, implementing the system myself and truly being on the path to becoming a GTD blackbelt !"
Rolf Winkler
QANTAS Airways


"Meg, now that more than a week has passed since we completed our last call, I can appreciate even more how valuable this experience was. There is just no substitute for doing a weekly review with guidance from someone with your experience and enthusiasm. The tips you gave me on using the notes section was one of several very helpful ideas which I am now using to great effect. I appreciate your talent and the flexibility with which you offer it. Thank you very much."
Ben Slade
CEO
Slade-Hancock Insurance Agency


"I read the book and took the seminar, yet I wasn't fully getting there with my implementation of "Getting Things Done." To get to the next level, I decided to go through the personal telecoaching program with Meg Edwards. Although I was initially skeptical of a telecoaching approach, it has really worked. The result is that I am getting much more out of the GTD system.

I've completely worked off a 500+ hour of backlogged tasks & projects that have bothered me for years - which feels like a great burden has been lifted. Now, I'm working on more "current" and interesting projects. Kudos to David Allen, Meg, Jodi and the rest of the David Allen Company for creating and supporting a fantastic workflow management system!"
Steve Bell
Founder & Principal
Laser Trading Group, LLC
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