Create Space: How to Manage Time and Find Focus, Productivity and Success

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A Financial Times Business Book of the Month

Take control of your life and create space to succeed.

We're used to feeling stressed, rushed and overwhelmed. At work and at home there are endless calls on our attention and time. We're constantly playing catch-up. But if we want to perform optimally, and reach our full potential, we must learn to pause and create space in even the busiest day.

Informed by over a decade of hands-on experience as a coach at the most senior levels of business, this book shows how to push back against the tide and create space in your life to think, relate and act on a deeper level. Learning to focus, manage time, and take control of your mental and physical space is the first step in developing and excelling in anything.

This book shows how to do just that, drawing on real-life examples and the best of both classical and cutting-edge psychological and behavioural thinking. Each chapter contains models, tools and tips that have been used effectively in some of the world's biggest organisations, and which will allow you to set your strategy, raise your productivity and create meaningful change for lasting success.

Reviews

'Derek Draper will do something for you that no politician can; he will help you take back control' - Robert Peston, ITV Political Editor

'This is a stimulating, thought provoking and valuable guide for those who are serious about "being the best they can be".' - Valerie Scoular, former Group HR Director at Barclays, British Airways and Dentsu Aegis Network

'Whether you work in business, the public sector or the third sector, if you aspire to master the art and science of leadership, this is a great guide.' - Gavyn Davies, Chairman Fulcrum Asset Management and former Chairman of the BBC

'What I most like about Create Space are the 12 stories at the heart of the book. They bring to life the ideas within it in an engaging and entertaining way. Whether you are at the start of your career, enjoying your first management responsibilities, or sitting in the C-suite, this book has lots to offer. I highly recommend it.' - Henry Birch, Chief Executive of the Rank Group plc

'Creating Space is coming at the right time. Leaders today are always on, and operating in environments which are rapidly changing. So figuring out how to get the space to think, learn, decide and grow is a very high leverage piece of help.' - Austin Lally, Group CEO Verisure

Author Bio

Derek Draper has worked as a leadership consultant, business psychologist and executive coach for over twelve years. He is the CEO of CDP Leadership Consultants and was previously Head of Business Development for the UK and Europe at the global consultancy YSC. He has assessed and developed senior business people in twenty FTSE 100 companies and in some of the largest privately held companies in the world, across the UK, Nordics, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Africa. He also runs a psychotherapy practice and is a Governor of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust.