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Free Planners and Worksheets by Productive Flourishing

Whether you're drowning in digital tasks or tired of your planner becoming another project to manage, you're ready for a different approach.

14 hrs ago •

Take the Team Habits Quiz

Discover how you and your team can work better together

Oct 17, 2023 •

Take the Momentum Quiz

Discover your productivity persona and unlock your best work

Oct 17, 2023 •

The Productive Flourishing Productivity Primer

These 10 key principles and practices won't just help you become more productive - they'll help you thrive

Jan 13, 2022 •

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REPLAY: Are You Following Your Curiosity or Avoiding the Work?

March Monthly Momentum Call Highlights & Video Preview 🎥

Mar 25 •

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Maghan Haggerty

Join us for our next Monthly Momentum Call on April 16, 2025 at 11am PDT

April's Focus: Clearing Space for What Matters Most

Mar 25 •

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Maghan Haggerty

Join us for our next Leadership Strategy Session on April 2, 2025, 11am PDT

April's Focus: Manager Mode vs. Executive Mode

Mar 25 •

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REPLAY: March Leadership Strategy Session

Understanding the Drift Arc: March Call Highlights & Video Preview 🎥

Mar 11 •

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Maghan Haggerty

Featured Content

3 Ways to Give Focus Blocks Jobs in Your Planning

Name the work they'll do, assign them to projects, and convert them to learning blocks when needed

Feb 5 •

Make the Obvious Explicit to Improve Team Performance

When you do, you'll see it wasn't obvious to everyone, or obvious enough to drive effective behavior

Feb 3 •

The Readiness Assessment and Mini-Guide

Competency, capacity, and workways — three essential factors that determine whether your team is ready to execute.

Jan 29 •

Goals Are Homes for Energy, Intentions, and Dreams

Thriving requires goal-setting, but it doesn't have to be as "extra" as you think

Jan 22 •

The Pulse (weekly newsletter)

Choosing Our Identities and Stories: April 2025 Tips (Productive Flourishing Pulse #495)

Is your "where you are" serving where you want to go?

Mar 27 •

Steve Arensberg

Overcommunicating Is the Goal (Productive Flourishing Pulse #494)

Communication tips to help flatten the drift arc

Mar 20 •

Steve Arensberg

Other Benefits of Your Drift Journey (Productive Flourishing Pulse #493)

Drift can be valuable even when our original destination remains our goal

Mar 13 •

Maghan Haggerty

Drift Can Be a Gift (Productive Flourishing Pulse #492)

Our plans aren’t set it stone, and drift can help us reevaluate them when needed

Mar 6 •

Steve Arensberg

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Maghan Haggerty

Top Podcasts

On Tackling Productivity Gaps and Fixing Broken Processes (Supermanagers Podcast Episode)

What are the barriers keeping you and your team from their best work?

Nov 20, 2024 •

Creating Better Team Habits (ATD Talent Development Leader Podcast)

And how belonging & well-being help drive team performance

Nov 13, 2024 •

1:23:30

Charlie Gilkey & Maghan Haggerty: Celebrating 5 Years of Start Finishing (Episode #255)

Unlocking Your Best Work and the Path to Finding Joy & Purpose

Sep 25, 2024 •

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Maghan Haggerty

How 15 Minutes Make or Break Your Day (Sparked Podcast)

Fifteen minutes can set the tone for the rest of your day

Nov 13, 2023 •

Recent posts

Free Planners and Worksheets by Productive Flourishing

Whether you're drowning in digital tasks or tired of your planner becoming another project to manage, you're ready for a different approach.

14 hrs ago •

Harness Happiness as an Input to Productivity

"Work hard, then be happy" gets it backwards.

Mar 31 •

Choosing Our Identities and Stories: April 2025 Tips (Productive Flourishing Pulse #495)

Is your "where you are" serving where you want to go?

Mar 27 •

Steve Arensberg

Opening Team Black Boxes: The Weekly Check-In and Check-Out Practice

Just one team habit to enhance communication and build trust (with worksheet)

Mar 26 •

REPLAY: Are You Following Your Curiosity or Avoiding the Work?

March Monthly Momentum Call Highlights & Video Preview 🎥

Mar 25 •

and

Maghan Haggerty

1:01:14

Join us for our next Monthly Momentum Call on April 16, 2025 at 11am PDT

April's Focus: Clearing Space for What Matters Most

Mar 25 •

and

Maghan Haggerty

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