David Allen Company has immediate openings for Business Development Directors in the Washington D.C., Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta and Seattle markets. The David Allen Company is a professional training, coaching and management consulting organization. Its purpose is to improve the quality of life by providing the world’s best information, education, and products that enhance personal and interactive productivity. Please visit our website.

The ideal candidate will have 10 -15 years of successful professional services sales experience. Major job responsibilities include managing existing accounts in the Business Development Director’s territory and being proactive in managing new sales opportunities. Prospecting is a very big part of the job. This position exists primarily to create new demand for company products and services. Compensation is a blend of salary and commission. Qualified candidates are invited to submit a cover letter and their resume to jobapplicants@davidco.com.

Required competencies include: consultative sales skills, account management, executive presence, strong business acumen, and strategic account planning.

David Allen Company is a values-based company, for which our internal culture and how we represent ourselves to the world are as much a statement of our business as our services and products. Interested candidates are encouraged to read our company principles on our website to confirm alignment with our rules of engagement.

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David Allen was on MSNBC’s “The Daily Rundown,” giving tips on how to stay productive in a fast-paced, high-tech world.  True to form, David condensed elements of his Horizons of Focus and 5 Phases of Workflow models into this short video.

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MSNBC featured David Allen on their Daily Rundown show this week talking about productivity, Getting Things Done®, and avoiding burnout.  Here’s the 5 minute video with David from the broadcast:

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PC World asked David Allen to name five tips for productivity.  The focus is on productivity within the Windows environment, but several tips apply to Mac as well.

1. eProductivity for Lotus Notes
2. Blackberry synchronization with Lotus Notes
3. MindManager from Mindjet
4. ActiveWords
5. Pamela Professional for Skype

Read more . . .

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David Allen shares his perspective on the antidote to the curse of the eternally urgent in his latest educational newsletter.

Keep reading David’s article

Subscribe to Productive Living.  It’s free and sent about every 3 weeks. Chock full of lots of great GTD tips, tricks and strategies.

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Ruud Hein did an interesting and educational interview with David Allen. It’s a quick read. Here’s an excerpt:

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If you are in the Minneapolis area next Wednesday, David will be doing a book signing that is free and open to the public. Here are the particulars:

When:

Wednesday, April 21st from 11:30am – 1pm CDT.

Where:

Barnes and Noble Downtown
Midwest Plaza, 801 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-371-4443

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We were thrilled to see that GTD Times ranked #7 among quite a prestigious list of the top management and leadership blogs.  We just passed our 2-year anniversary with GTD Times.  Thanks to all who have contributed over the years.  If you’d like to contribute a personal story about your journey with GTD, we’d love to hear from you!

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One of the cool things about GTD is that you don’t have to look far to find other GTD enthusiasts in your community.  From Meetups, to study groups, to book clubs and coffee chats, there are people into GTD all around the world.  The Austin American-Statesman newspaper caught up with a group of GTD fans in Austin, Texas.  Read how they are making GTD work for them.

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