How can you reduce the complexity of your tasks, reach your goals in less time and increase your spare time?

In the You & Me Pomodoro® Coaching Programme, you and Francesco Cirillo will find the solutions that best suit your context and enable you to reach your goals in an effective and sustainable way. Francesco Cirillo has created the Pomodoro® Technique, and many other low-effort, easy-to-implement productivity methods.

Improve your productivity with the author of the world's most popular time management techniques.

About the Coaching

This coaching activity aims at supporting those who have difficulties with time management. You work together with Francesco Cirillo to identify the real factors hindering your productivity and find solutions.

The Story Behind this Coaching

Francesco Cirillo tells the story behind the You and Me Pomodoro® Coaching.

"More than 30 years ago, when I started to observe my relationship with time and how time could help me look after my mind and its dynamics, I stopped fighting against time and time stopped being a problem.

I know how it feels to fail when it comes to time. I know the need to procrastinate, of following up on any interruption as a way to avoid working on the task. I know what it means to make yourself work 14 hours a day. I know the frustration that comes from the illusion that this behaviour will resolve your problem with time.

But, there is a more efficient way to deal with time. Understand the real problem we have in our relationship with time and consciously solve it by applying solutions adapted to our own context. Simple solutions which, with little effort, can make us very productive.

In my career as a methodologist, my main objective has always been to find solutions characterised by requiring little effort to implement with effective results like the Pomodoro® Technique.

Why do we need these kinds of solutions? Because when we are under pressure, our energy level is low and we can't implement complex solutions. We need to use our energy to think, make effective decisions, and solve problems. We must not work for the process, the process must work for us."

Coaching Activity

How is the You and Me Coaching structured?

Every person has a different pace. Usually it is structured like this:

• The first session is be intended to understand your context, define a list of productivity challenges and define one or more goals that you want to achieve through the programme.
• In the following coaching sessions, you and Francesco Cirillo work together to reach your goals.

Who uses this programme?

Francesco has worked with:

• Managers who needed to reconcile their work objectives.
• Entrepreneurs who wanted to learn how to develop their innovative products with their team applying an evolutionary, adaptive process.
• Researchers who needed to combine different needs: to work and deliver results on different projects, keep up to date with the newest theories and practices and of course take time for themselves and their families.
• Writers, designers, product developers and professionals who needed to develop and deliver their creative work and to do so, had to organise their time and resources to favour their creative process and produce the best possible results.
• Teams interested in improving their productivity by organising an effective and sustainable Weekly Plan, applying practices to share knowledge, defining strategies to deal with interruptions, uncertainty and change.

What do the You & Me Pomodoro® Sessions consist of?

During the sessions, you learn:

• How to manage time, how to prioritise tasks, how to structure your day, your week, and your teamwork.
• How to achieve multiple goals every week.
• How to manage and reduce the complexity of your tasks.
• How to develop your own products in an evolutionary and adaptive way, whether they are software applications, research projects, online stores, etc.
• How to organise and develop your team to enhance their skills.

Francesco's approach to dealing with Time

Francesco and you work on how to make time your main ally to increase your productivity.

The solution to managing time can only be found in a radical change of your point of view. And it is easier than it seems. By acquiring adequate tools and working on yourself and your own needs, time can turn from being perceived as an enemy to an ally. We can use time to observe ourselves, make our minds work better and by doing so increase our focus. This leads to a real improvement in productivity. Time can help us respect our deadlines. In a gentle way. One Pomodoro at a time.

About the Coach

Francesco Cirillo

Francesco Cirillo is the owner of Cirillo Consulting, a consulting firm based in Berlin that works with many of the world’s largest companies.

He created the Pomodoro Technique, a renowned time-management tool used by millions of people all over the world, while a university student looking for a way to get more done in less time.

Francesco's core focus has always been improving productivity and efficiency, by finding ways to achieve better results with less time and less effort.

Francesco has worked at the forefront of the software industry for more than 20 years. In a career spanning startups, multinationals and freelance consulting, he has mentored thousands of professionals, developers, managers and software teams.

Francesco created the Pomodoro® Technique, a renowned time-management tool used by millions of people all over the world, while a university student looking for a way to get more done in less time.

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