Make the switch to stop multitasking
Are you reading this blog post while preparing your coffee? Or maybe you have a few different tabs open—work email, that sweater you’ve been eyeing? Like most of the...
The hidden skillsets of a senior manager
For those climbing the corporate ladder, understanding the differences in the skillset between a junior and someone at the senior manager level is important—and...
How to plan out your work week
During any given week, you likely have a lot on your plate. And it’s easy to get overwhelmed, to get so bogged down that you’re not sure where to start. You may even...
Keep scope creep from undermining your project
Scope creep can happen to even the most diligent workers. “We fell deeper and deeper into redeveloping existing code—timelines got extended, we missed our deadline,...
How to write a strong code of conduct for employees
Regardless of whether you’re managing a team, a department, or an entire organization, your workers need to know what’s expected of them and what they can expect...
How to take better meeting notes
Have you ever sat diligently through a company meeting, only to forget what you discussed the moment you leave the conference room? If so, it sounds like you need to...
Achieving inbox zero is easier than you think
There are two types of people in the world: Those who keep their inboxes organized, and those with 250 unread messages. Which type are you? (You don’t have to answer...
How to boost your team’s efficiency and...
If you’re working in a leadership position, there’s a high probability that improving employee productivity is one of your biggest objectives. Don’t worry,...
Top 8 leadership traits: do you have what it takes?
Being a leader or pursuing a management role can be a difficult role. In most cases, leadership is more than just managing employees, giving orders, making schedules or...
How to not get distracted, Q&A with best-selling...
With technology entering all aspects of our lives, our struggle with distraction is harder than ever to overcome. People around the world are desperately searching for...
5 ways for new managers to improve team performance
In some ways, becoming a new manager is like becoming a new parent. Thankfully, dirty diapers aren’t one of them, but other parallels are aplenty. When you become both...
Developing a strategic plan for your PMO
In talking about the challenges project management offices (PMOs) face in doing effective strategic planning, Mark Price Perry recalls a conversation he’s had hundreds...
How to achieve greater productivity by using the bullet...
When it comes to boosting productivity, you probably know there are a wide range of great productivity systems to choose from. One of the more increasingly popular...
How to Build a More Agile Workplace
Software is changing the world, and the way it is developed is changing how we work.With a marketplace that can shift according to customer whim during the development...
The 12 week year: a time management system
Have trouble thinking about the future? Does it seem so far away that it’s not all that important? The 12 week year might be just the thing you need. This time...
How leaders can create a culture of innovation
Innovation drives us forward. From DNA sequencing to electric cars to the smartphone in your hand, we’ve seen a dizzying array of innovations over the past few...
Top 6 Skype alternatives for businesses
If there’s an OG of voice over IP services, Skype is it. The software was one of the first video conferencing apps to become a household name, which is why so many of...
How to break down functional silos in your organization...
Silos are good for grains, but have no place in your business’s hierarchy. Has your company ever had two departments stuck in an internal tug of war? Does your...
The beginner’s guide to Scrumban
If you’ve ever worked as a project manager you may be familiar with at least some of the commonly used project management methodologies or Agile methodologies like...
How to stop being overwhelmed at work
Most of us have felt overwhelmed at work at one point or another. It might have been caused by something as minor as receiving one too many emails, or it could’ve been...
How to choose the right KPIs for the PMO
Project Management and a Project Management Office, is a fairly new concept to enterprise institutions and businesses. It didn’t become an industry with standards and...