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There’s a widespread belief that the business world is run by powerful people. There’s some truth to that, sure. But I think it might be …
Project Management
Mid-Year Reset: How to Get S#it Done between Now and the End of the Year, Part 2
Part 1 of Get S#it Done between Now and the End of the Year laid the foundation for our plan over the next six months. …
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Mid-Year Reset: How to Get S#it Done between Now and the End of the Year (PART I)
The business world has long used “Christmas in July” to motivate people to do holiday-caliber shopping in the middle of the year. If that nudge …
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Part 2: Improve Your Time Management and Focus to Improve Your Work—and Deliver Real Results
In my previous blog post, I discussed how to start tackling your time management issues by taking a high-level perspective of the big picture and figuring …
Improve Your Time Management and Focus to Improve Your Work—and Deliver Real Results
Read on to learn how rethinking how you use your time can help you become better at setting priorities—and therefore at meeting your goals. In The …
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Getting to YES: Upping Your Presentation Skills to Get the Greenlight from Your Boss
“You never get a second chance to make a good first impression in your presentation.” That old adage holds true for pretty much every interpersonal …
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Cramming It All In: Project Management Techniques for Surviving the Year-End Madness
The end of the year is rapidly approaching, and you know what that means: not only is it time to shop for a new calendar …
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10 Tips for Increasing your Project Management Skills
Norman Vincent Peale, the author of The Power of Positive Thinking, famously declared, “Plan your work, then work your plan.” Those words underscore the importance …
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Calculating the Return on Investment of Projects
Part 4 of a 5 Part Series on Budgeting and Finance for the Non-Financial Manager ROI calculations have extensive application in the financial world. If …
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