Time tracking blog

Blackberry buzzing at 4am to report previous days’ sales figures. Review budget and change sales forecast. 6am Breakfast with potential investor. Blaze through 100+ emails. Oh, and don’t forget the ‘Tweets‘ in between. All this and more before 9am. And do they love it? Do they live and breathe it? You bet they do. And how do you get a CEO to unguardedly show their frustration? How do you get the coolest of cool to boil like a 4^th of July lobster pot?

Bring up the topic of “Productivity”.

As the CEO of TSheets, a productivity tool for business leaders, I have set out on a quest to find and interview CEOs on every level to find out what makes them tick, what makes them productive, and what their “secret sauce” is. I am calling this list the “Top 10 Productivity Tools CEO’s use to Manage their Time” From Steve Jobs to the start up CEO in their garage, I want YOU to weigh in.

My goal is to get into the heads of business owners on all levels, from local mom and pop drycleaners to Fortune 500 companies and the best-of-the-best Web 2.0 executives to find out how they stay productive and what they do to stay on top of their game.

So far, I have interviewed 15 CEO’s such as Frank Gruber, Brad Feld and Seth Godin, and there is a common thread – Passion! These CEOs are all relentlessly passionate about getting things done and making things happen but often get bogged down in the minutia.

Over the next few weeks, I want to speak with 50 CEOs on every level about this very issue. Specifically, I would love to hear from guys like Kevin Rose, Pete Cashmore, Jason Fried, Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Arrington, Marc Benioff and Steve Jobs.

The icing on the cake: I have been asked to present my findings to Shel Israel and Robert Scoble on their new Work Fast Show. So consider this a shout out to CEO’s everywhere!

If you are a CEO ~ Here’s how to weigh-in: Email me (matt@tsheets.com) or Click here for updates on Twitter.

Let’s get into the minds of the best of the best!

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