Want to Be More Productive? Here’s How Google Executives Structure Their Schedules

When a Google executive is feeling unproductive, they have a secret weapon: They can call the company’s in-house productivity expert for help.

Her name is Laura Mae Martin. She started in sales at Google, and was so efficient that she eventually moved into the office of the CEO, where she coaches senior executives on how to manage their time. She starts by asking executives identify their top three priorities — and then puts them to work.

“After I ask an executive I’m coaching what their top three priorities are,” Martin writes in her new book,

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