10 tips for students to better manage priorities Finding a balance between school, work, and your social life can seem like an impossible task. There never seems to be enough time in the day to do it all, and the idea of tackling everything on your list can be overwhelming. The key to managing your…
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Key Success Factors in Maintaining Daily Productivity
Introduction There’s no denying it, maintaining productivity on a daily basis is not easy. However, instead of beating ourselves up about times when we weren’t able to match the productivity of the day before, it is more constructive to find the key success factors that we can rely on to work towards consistent and repeatable…
Read moreCreating a New Hire Packet in Priority Matrix
Introduction Creating and managing new hire packets for each new employee can take up a lot of time for HR professionals. In Priority Matrix, HR managers can create a template for, customize and share new hire packets. This way, all the important tasks in employee on-boarding are in one place. What is a New Hire…
Read moreBoard Meeting Agenda and Best Practices
Critical Activity for CEO The importance of a board meeting cannot be stressed too much. In terms of cost, board meetings take up the time of some of the top resources in the company. In addition, they are opportunities for the CEO and other executives to demonstrate their abilities. Not taking advantage of this opportunity…
Read moreThe Bullet Journal App That Will Streamline Your Productivity
Recently, a customer told us that he was a fan of the Bullet Journal, but was looking for an online/electronic bullet journal app that would be compatible with iOS, Android, and Windows to continue his bullet journal endeavors on. So, as one of the Appfluence Productivity Gurus, I decided to research the method and find out the most…
Read moreTop 5 Templates to Sharpen Your Executive Assistant Skills
Executive Assistant Skills are Beyond Impressive The executive assistant has a lot to contend with. They are an extension of the executive they support. Because of this, a lot depends on them. Some terms for a top tier executive assistant are ‘tenacious,’ ‘discreet,’ ‘calm under pressure,’ a ‘subtle leader.’ Being the best is not…
Read moreEvent Planning in a 2×2 Framework
Event Planning is Pure Multi-tasking Anyone who has ever tried to plan a small party can imagine, professional event planning is no joke! There are so many different things to think about days, weeks and even months ahead of schedule. Event though the event is over, the event planners’s work is not. They must wrap…
Read moreThe Alpha Project: The First Step in Priority Matrix
Where to Start? Priority Matrix gives you the power to create hundreds of different projects using different configurations. This ensures that your workflow will never outgrow the platform no matter how complicated it becomes. Still, because of this the first step can also be daunting. When starting out, you don’t need dozens of separate projects;…
Read moreLearn How Experts Manage Their Time with Priority Matrix
Once you have been using Priority Matrix for a little while, you probably have a number of tasks and projects up and running in Priority Matrix. If not, check out this article about how to get started. So, what’s next? FOR INDIVIDUALS How do I figure out what to focus on? The “Master List” is…
Read moreHow To Use Priority Matrix
When you’re just getting started with Priority Matrix, there are a few things everyone should know. Like, “What’s up with the Priority Matrix layout? How do I use it?” Let’s break it down! For the purpose of this walk-through, we can put ourselves in the shoes of Jake, the West Coast regional sales manager for…
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