Making the
Your Partner in Profit and Growth
March 2026
Personal Productivity that actually drives Performance
March is often where early-year momentum meets reality. Goals are set. Calendars are full.
Energy is being tested. Productivity is often misunderstood.
For many business leaders, it becomes a constant effort to squeeze more into the
day — more meetings, more emails, more tasks. But real performance isn’t about doing more.
It’s about doing what matters most, consistently and deliberately.
This March edition of the SHIFFT Newsletter focuses on improving personal productivity in a
way that actually lifts business results — not just activity levels.
As the year gains momentum, March is the ideal time to recalibrate.
● Are you operating with clarity?
● Are your daily actions aligned with your strategic goals?
● Is your calendar reflecting your priorities — or reacting to everyone else’s?
Improving personal productivity isn’t about working longer hours. It’s about working with intent,
structure and discipline.
Because ultimately, the way you manage your time shapes the performance of your team —
and your business.
If you want your next 90 days to look different from your last 90 days, this edition is for you.
Cheers,
Russ
Blogs & Insights
Stop Managing Time. Start Managing Priorities.
You don’t have a time problem — you have a priority problem. In this article, we explore why traditional time management keeps business owners trapped in busyness, and what to do instead. Discover how shifting from managing hours to managing priorities can immediately reduce overwhelm and sharpen your focus.
The Hidden Productivity Killers Most Business Owners Ignore
You’re busy. But are you productive? In this artcile, we uncover the subtle productivity killers quietly draining your time and energy — the ones that look like “work” but rarely create progress.
Designing a 90-Day Rhythm that Actually Lifts Performance
Sustainable productivity doesn’t come from short bursts of motivation. It comes from rhythm. This article outlines how to structure a simple 90-day cadence for strategy, execution, review, and reset — creating momentum without burnout.
Featured Resources
Mindshop Global Business Leader Report 2026
This global insights report outlines eight leadership performance trends shaping 2026, combining human judgement with AI capability. It provides practical guidance to help leaders strengthen focus, execution and performance in a rapidly changing environment.
Upcoming Events
We’ve got some exciting opportunities ahead to connect, learn, and grow together. See below for our upcoming events — each designed to help you strengthen strategy, build capability, and boost team performance.
Why Leaders Are Drowning in Work Webinar
Discover why leadership workloads keep expanding — and how to regain control of your time and priorities.
In this practical webinar, we explore why leadership workloads expand over time, the structural causes behind this pattern, and the simple leadership systems that allow you to regain control of your time, priorities, and focus.
Focused Execution Learning Sprint – 2026
Struggling to stay on top of priorities?
Focused Execution is a practical time and priority management system designed for busy business owners and managers.
In this 6-week Learning Sprint, you’ll learn how to:
Clarify your priorities
Plan your next 90 days
Take control of your time and workload
Build a simple system for executing what matters most.
Books & Journals
90 Day Productivity Planner
If “Focused Execution” – the book – is the “WHY”, then our Productivity and Planning Journals are the “HOW”! Stay disciplined as you cascade your 90 Day Plans to monthly, weekly and daily priorities integrating strategies, tactics and operational priorities. Built on the powerful tools and concepts highlighted: The Focused Execution Book, this journal is ultimate daily planner that includes links to free videos and templates to enhance your planning experience.
Available on amazon in A5 dated paperbased format – Click here
Annual Operating Planning Journal
“Focused Execution: Annual Operating Plan: Planning for the next year and beyond” by Russell Cummings. Turn your strategy into action with the powerful AOP process. Our AOP Journal dovetails neatly with out 90 Day Planning Journal to help you move from Annual to 90 Day to daily plans. The book includes links to videos and templates to enhance your planning experience.
Available on amazon in A5 softcover format – Click here
Focused Execution: How to stop wasting time and focus on what really matters
This book summarises the key elements for improving your personal productivity. Russ utilized the tools, concepts and principles outlined in the book to lift his personal productivity by 4X. He went from working 70+ hours/week to 35 hours over each week on double the revenue.
Focused Execution gives business owners and managers a proven system to take back control of their time and achieve results without burnout.
Available now in print and e-book version on amazon – Click here
AI Prompt Libraries
The biggest challenges our clients have with AI is what to ask it. To help Russ, created a series of AI prompt libraries that include a range of prompts to help you navigate through a variety of scenarios. Accelerate your results with our growing collection of AI Prompt Libraries – real words tested prompts for ChatGPT, Co-pilot and other AI Tools to streamline work, increase productivity and spark new ideas. Each book contains approximately 700 prompts tailored to your specific industry, role or situation. Simply “cut and paste”, tailor for your situation to get amazing result.
Available in e-book and softcover - Click Here
Ready to lift your performance?
Let's start 2026 with a rush — now it’s time to take things up a gear. Russ works with leaders like you who want to lift performance, strengthen teams and create lasting results.
Book a free 20-minute call with Russell and let’s talk about how we can help you get there.
© SHIFFT - All Rights Reserved.