Dave Crenshaw

Dave Crenshaw

Dave Crenshaw

Dave Crenshaw in September 2012
Born 1975
Nationality American
Alma mater Brigham Young University
Occupation Writer, Speaker
Known for Writing, Time Management
Notable work The Myth of Multitasking,
Invaluable
Style Interactive, Humorous
Website www.DaveCrenshaw.com

Dave Crenshaw (born 1975) is an American author, public speaker, small business and time management expert.[1][2][3][4][5] His books The Myth of Multitasking: How "Doing It All" Gets Nothing Done and Invaluable: The Secret to Becoming Irreplaceable have been adapted for teaching by some universities and cited or referenced in the works of some writers.[6][7][8][9][10]

Background

Crenshaw earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Management with emphasis in Entrepreneurship from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University in 2000.[11][12]

A clinical psychologist once diagnosed Crenshaw with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).[13] According to Cathy Allred in the Daily Herald of Utah, Crenshaw was able to harness his own chaos and through his career choice as a business coach, has helped others manage time well through coaching and self-help books dealing with time management and productivity.[14]

Career

Crenshaw began his career in 1998 as an independent consultant for a large consulting firm for small businesses. He is also a Lynda.com's author and presenter of over 10 business skills courses, including "Time Management Fundamentals" and "Small Business Secrets".[15][16][11]

The BBC News described Crenshaw as a multitasking expert, and wrote that Crenshaw says that to be productive it is best not to multi-task at all. Crenshaw is described by Mark Lewis in Forbes as a productivity consultant, and wrote that Crenshaw says that multitaskers think they are doing two or more things simultaneously, when actually they are switching rapidly back and forth between tasks.[2] Joyce E.A. Russell wrote in The Washington Post that Crenshaw says that multitasking should be called switchtasking because if you really examined what you are doing you would see that people are just rapidly switching from one task to another, and as we are not very good at it, it can have some consequences, actually hurting our productivity because of the time lost making even fast switches.[17]

The Myth of Multitasking: How "Doing It All" Gets Nothing Done was written by Crenshaw and published in 2008 by Jossey-Bass, an imprint of Wiley.[18][19][20] Dennis Lythgoe described The Myth of Multitasking: How "Doing It All" Gets Nothing Done in the Deseret News as a candid and satirical little book that takes on one of the most talked about social myths of the modern scene – multitasking.[1] Jossey-Bass also published Crenshaw's book, Invaluable: The Secret to Becoming Irreplaceable in 2010.[21][22] Jim Pawlak summarized Invaluable: The Secret to Becoming Irreplaceable in the Silicon Valley Business Journal that Crenshaw provides a number of fill-in-the-blanks templates that help you identify your most valuable activities (MVAs) and manage time effectively.[23] Crenshaw's book on entrepreneurship, The Focused Business: How Entrepreneurs Can Triumph Over Chaos was published in 2013.[24][25][26]

Crenshaw has been a keynote speaker for many small business events, including EO Alchemy 2012 — Seattle,[27] Crown Council's 18th Annual Event,[28] Schnizzfest 2013,[29] Behind Every Leader,[30] TiE Silicon Valley and LTB 2014.[31]

Publications

Some of the books written by Crenshaw are:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dennis Lythgoe (August 17, 2008). "Book review: 'Myth' debunks multitasking". Deseret News (Jim M. Wall). Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Mark Lewis (October 8, 2009). "Ban BlackBerrys!". Forbes (Forbes publishing). Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Is multi-tasking a myth? > How best to 'multi-task'". BBC News. August 20, 2010. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Could You Go A Week Without Multitasking?". Marie Claire (Groupe Marie Claire (France), Hearst Corporation (US) and IPC Media (UK)). May 25, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  5. ↑ Candice Madsen (July 15, 2013). "Want to be productive? Stop multitasking". KSL.com >> Utah. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Self-Assessment: The Six Invaluable Factors". Human Resources at UC Berkeley. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Case&Exercises". Modern Education Technology Center at WHUT. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  8. ↑ Nicole Rovig (2012). "Take Charge of Your Day and Achieve Professional Growth Along the Way" (PDF). Office of the Registrar at MSU. pp. 12 and 21. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  9. ↑ Laura Jane Macbeth (words), Rex Features (photos). "The Great Multitasking Myth". Stylist Magazine. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  10. ↑ Carol J. Scott (May 3, 2013). "From Multi-Tasking to Mindful-Tasking". The Huffington Post. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  11. 1 2 "Summer 2011 > Class Notes > 2000". Marriott Alumni Magazine. Marriott School at Brigham Young University. 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Winter 2009 > Class Notes > 2000". Marriott Alumni Magazine. Marriott School at Brigham Young University. 2009. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  13. ↑ "The Myth of Multitasking: Feature Interview with Dave Crenshaw". Inc. Small Giants Community. March 7, 2013. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  14. ↑ Cathy Allred (March 25, 2012). "Harness chaos, build boundaries, Lehi resident says". Daily Herald, Utah (Rona Rahlf). Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Dave Crenshaw". National Speakers Association. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  16. ↑ "Author > Dave Crenshaw". Lynda.com. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  17. ↑ Joyce E.A. Russell (January 31, 2011). "Career coach: Move beyond the multi-tasking badge". The Washington Post (Katharine Weymouth). Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  18. ↑ Dave Crenshaw (c. 2008). The Myth of Multitasking: How "Doing It All" Gets Nothing Done (1st ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 138 p. : ill. ISBN 9780470372258. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  19. 1 2 Andrea Sachs (October 2, 2008). "Business Books". Time Magazine. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  20. 1 2 Harvey Schachter (October 1, 2008). "A road map for selling soap on the information highway". The Globe and Mail (Phillip Crawley). Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  21. ↑ Dave Crenshaw (c. 2010). Invaluable: The Secret to Becoming Irreplaceable (1st ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 166 p. : ill. ISBN 9780470553237. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  22. 1 2 Harvey Schachter (September 21, 2010). "Competent just doesn't cut it any more". The Globe and Mail (Phillip Crawley). Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  23. 1 2 Jim Pawlak (February 4, 2011). "Two paths to becoming your company's most valuable player". Silicon Valley Business Journal (Advance Publications). Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  24. ↑ Dave Crenshaw (c. 2013). The Focused Business: How Entrepreneurs Can Triumph Over Chaos (1st ed.). Lehi, UT: Invaluable Press. 204 p. : ill. ISBN 9780989193603. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  25. 1 2 Dave Crenshaw (2013). The Focused Business: How Entrepreneurs Can Triumph Over Chaos. Lehi, UT: Invaluable Press. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  26. 1 2 Entrepreneurs, le livre de votre été : The Focused Business. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  27. ↑ Anne-Marie (December 2, 2012). "Switchtasking". Soap Queen. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  28. ↑ "Why Were We in Nashville?". Hammond and Ellis Dentistry. February 28, 2013. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  29. ↑ Jessica Davis (June 25, 2013). "Improving Productivity: Why Your Time Management System Doesn't Work". MSPmentor by Nine Lives Media, a division of Penton Media. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  30. ↑ "Dave Crenshaw". Behind Every Leader by Executive Assistants Organization (EAO). Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  31. ↑ Bree, Abraham (July 6, 2014). "It’s Okay Mr. Crenshaw, I’ve Got Your Back". Ptex Group. Retrieved November 19, 2014.

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