How to manage productivity & people with Anant Sharma, Founder & CEO of Matter Of Form

The UK’s Chartered Management Institute has previously found that 41% of managers believe having direct reports increases their own productivity. So, I wanted to hear from someone who has built a strong team to help them achieve more.  Anant Sharma is the Founder & CEO of Matter Of Form, a leading luxury brand and digital agency based in London. Having founded his company in 2009, Anant and his team work with some of the world’s leading brands including Aman, Belmond & Knight Frank.  Keep listening to hear Anant’s advice on discovering your strengths & how to build a team around you to enhance your own productivity. Anant’s adviceYour business will evolve as you personally grow and change; you may have to let go of some initial ideasPrioritise what is important and what you should be doing; this may mean handing on to others the things you are experienced atConcentrate (without guilt!) on reflection / exploring opportunities / less quantifiable “work”Celebrate thinking time and allow space for it in your weekThere is no need to keep packing in information which is not always productiveBe modest about your daily to-do listHave belief in where you want to goKnow yourself and employ accordingly; you may require mirror personalities of yourself, or you may need strong support in those areas where you know yourself to be weakKnow the value of meditation FF&M recommends: LastPass the password-keeping site that syncs between devices.Google Workspace is brilliant for small businessesBuzzsprout podcast "how to" & hosting directoryCanva has proved invaluable for creating all the social media assets and audio bites. FF&M enables you to own your own PR. Recorded, edited & published by Juliet Fallowfield, 2023 MD & Founder of PR & Communications consultancy for startups Fallow, Field & Mason.  Email us at hello@fallowfieldmason.com or DM us on instagram @fallowfieldmason.  MUSIC CREDIT Funk Game Loop by Kevin MacLeod.  Link &  Licence Text us your questions for future founders. Plus we'd love to get your feedback, text in via Fan Mail Support the show