Book Club: "Getting Things Done" by David Allen
It's Friday, so we're back with our book club. Today we are talking about a classic, often referred to as " GTD " because it's so commonly talked about....
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Protecting Your Career: What to do if Your Company is Struggling
As an employee, it can be concerning to hear rumors or see signs that your company may not be doing well. While it's important to stay informed and be...
Ingest Microsoft Forms into Priority Matrix with Power Automate
Microsoft Power Automate, previously known as Microsoft Flow, is a tool to connect various online services with each other, producing smart workflows to...
SMART Goals
SMART goals are concrete and realistic targets. The criteria for them is: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-bound
Working from Home at Appfluence: Logistics
Logistics is the management of the details of an operation. Many Appfluence staff members work from home for most of the year. Over time, we have...
Working from Home at Appfluence: The Process
We define process as the series of actions taken to achieve a particular goal. Many Appfluence staff members work from home for most of the year. Over...
Working from Home at Appfluence: Essential Tools
An effective workflow often comes down to choosing the right tools for the job. Many Appfluence staff members work from home for most of the year. Over...
5 Reasons Why Prioritization is So Hard
Get the most out of your workday! Prioritization is hard - We analyze the main reasons holding you back from improving your productivity.
5 Simple Ideas to Better Manage Your Workload
Managing your workload can be the hardest part of completing your responsibilities. Here are some tips to improve your time management skills
Working As A Virtual Team: How To Manage Your Remote Team From Afar
Looking for the best ways to manage virtual teams? Learn how to combat challenges of having remote employees by using our strategies to manage your remote team.
How To Have More Effective Conference Calls
These conference call etiquette strategies and conference call tips will ensure you're making the most productive usage of every minute of your team's call.
The Bullet Journal App That Will Streamline Your Productivity
The Bullet Journal is a popular form of organization - learn how to bullet journal in the Priority Matrix app to stay even more organized than before!
Top 24 Office 365 Add-Ins that will Transform Your Productivity
Make your experience in Microsoft Office a more productive one. Here is a list of the best add-ins for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Team.
Top 5 Templates to Sharpen Your Executive Assistant Skills
Hone your executive assistant skills with these five templates to support your day to day efforts. Read the article to learn how!
The Alpha Project: The First Step in Priority Matrix
The 'Alpha project' is the first step to better prioritization. Here are the characteristics of your alpha project and how to build it.
7 Tips for Creating Better Project Status Reports
To ensure that you are keeping track of all of your projects, utilize a project status report. Here we'll explain how to create the best one.
The Best Lessons From Ten Powerful Women
In honor of International Women's Day, we have put together a list of the best lessons from ten productive, powerful women to keep you inspired everyday.
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Effective Email Management: Strategies for Organizing Emails [+ Infographic]
This article includes a study that we conducted about daily time spent on emails. In addition, we include tips for effective email management.
Why Increasing Operational Efficiency is a Top Priority for Manufacturing Companies
Increasing operational efficiency is increasingly becoming a top priority for COOs and operations directors at manufacturing firms.
How To Be A Successful Executive Assistant: Tips, Tricks, and More
This article covers the executive assistant job description, how to become an executive assistant, tips to succeed, and more.
Transform Your IT Department from a Cost Center to an Innovation Hub
Learn how IT Directors can lead the transformation from a department that is wrongfully viewed as costly, to a center of innovation for their business.
Why the Construction Industry is Shifting to Digital Priority Management
In the construction field, digital priority management leads to better productivity, less wasted resources, and ultimately, a better bottom line.
How To Succeed In A Coworking Space
This article covers what coworking spaces are, the growth of shared workspaces, as well as how to be successful in a coworking space.
The Ultimate Prioritization Guide
This article explores prioritization, including how to prioritize projects, tasks, and goals, prioritization methods, tools, & more.
Student Apps - 5 Apps Every College Student Needs
Here is a list of college student apps designed to help the busy college student balance their priorities, unwind, study more efficiently, and more.
SMART Goals Worksheet: Improve Your Workflow
There are a lot of factors to consider when trying to decide your goals, so we’ve made an easy SMART Goals worksheet for you!
Workload Management Template in Excel
Learn how to manage your workload using a simple spreadsheet. Try out Priority Matrix - the simple workload solution for your whole team!
Project Tracking Template in Excel
A Project Tracking Template makes it easy to keep up with your team's work. Here's a step by step guide for an excel template.
Meeting Email Sample: 5 Awesome Tips
How to write a great email to land a meeting. Utilize our free meeting email sample + 5 tips to make sure you're writing effective emails!
Laissez-Faire Management
Learn more about Laissez-Faire Leadership - how to implement this management style, tips for success, tools to help you, and more. Manage more effectively!
Work Music Playlists
Check out these playlists of the best work music! Music to banish your before-lunch-blues and get you energized in the morning. Find your playlist here:
Eisenhower Matrix Trello
Looking for an Eisenhower Matrix Trello layout? Look no further! Try this FREE alternative to manage your priorities, tasks and projects.
Brainstorming Techniques: 8 Brainstorming Strategies
8 easy-to-use brainstorming techniques to get your ideas flowing. Try just one of these and watch your productivity soar - #4 is our favorite.
5 Productivity Myths of the Modern Business Environment
Have you fallen victim to any of the Productivity Myths that are not actually beneficial? Chances are you have. So, let's debunk them!
Our Top 5 Priority Matrix Features
Check out these five Priority Matrix features from the team at Appfluence to help simplify your workload and watch your productivity soar!
Skip Level Meetings
Skip Level Meetings allow your team to work MORE efficiently, and cut out long, tedious team meetings. Check out our guide to skip-level meetings, here.
Delegating Leadership Style - 6 Tips to be More Effective
The Delegating Leadership Style is practiced by some of the best managers in the world. Here are 6 tips to be MORE effective, and one tool to help you out!
Let's Talk About Stealth Leadership: An Interview With Michael Critelli
In this interview, Michael Critelli tells us his secrets for effective stealth leadership, being accessible, and transitioning leadership roles.
Prioritization and Delegation
Prioritization and delegation are the key to success when it comes to working in a team. Check out our actionable prioritization and delegation guide!
21 Time Management Exercises for Managers
Check out these actionable strategies to improve your time management in the office. We scraped the web for the best 21 we could find!
Create A Gantt Chart In Excel
Check out our guide to creating a Gantt Chart in Excel. Follow these steps and watch your Excel Gantt chart come alive + 1 tip to save you hours!
Top Blogs for Entrepreneurs
For advice, tips, and tricks, keep your eyes on these business blogs that talk about marketing, SEO, entrepreneurship, small businesses, and more!
Zeigarnik Effect and 139 Productivity
What's the Zeigarnik Effect? How can you combat the Zeigarnik Effect using 1-3-9 productivity? Read our guide to unleash your efficiency!
Managing Priorities in Excel: The Ultimate Guide
Manage your priorities more effectively in Excel! Follow this step-by-step guide to managing priorities in Excel and improve productivity.
Order Management Spreadsheet Not Cutting It?
Order management spreadsheets can be a drag to look at. Because they don't provide notifications, tasks fall through the tracks. Say goodbye to losing work
Transitioning from GTD - Step by Step from GTD to Project Management
Step-by-step instructions on transitioning from GTD to project management. So you can manage your work and life, just the way you like.
Never Enough Time? 3 Strategies to Beat the Clock
Feel like there's never enough time to tackle everything on your growing todo list? Look no further; we compiled the best time management strategies for you
9 of the Best Tech Gadgets for Entrepreneurs
When most people think productivity, they think apps. Be careful not to overlook these must-have tech gadgets that will keep you on top of the competition!
A Guide to Managing Multiple Priorities
Managing multiple priorities can result in important jobs being shuttled aside while you spend extra time on low priority tasks. To attack and finish mul...
How to: Avoid Procrastination in the Workplace
Procrastination in the workplace can cost us direly. We've put together a list of quick fixes to help you eradicate this habit.
The Daily Scrum Meeting Isn't Just for Software Developers
Developers use a daily scrum meeting to keep goals are on track. However, this tactic can be used in many business situations, beyond software development.
Convert Projects and Goals Into Action Item Lists
Brainstorming often leads to new projects and goals. However, it can be difficult to turn goals or projects into action items to create an actionable plan.
30 Things You Can Do With 45 Minutes
Did you know that you could save 45 extra minutes each day using the Eisenhower Method of time management? Check out all you can do!
5 Tools to Increase IT Team Productivity
From prioritizing tasks to monitoring equipment, there are many IT tools that can simplify and automate tasks for your IT team.
The Last Productivity Hack You'll Ever Need
Follow our customer success representative, Kari, and her animated emoji through the Eisenhower Method of time management.
How To: Manage Projects like Daniel Shapero of LinkedIn
In order to determine which projects to spend resources on, Daniel creates a 2x2 matrix . On one axis, he places VALUE, and on the other, PROBABILITY...
Free SWOT Template -7 Step SWOT Analysis
By learning to efficiently utilize a SWOT template, determine your team's next action items to efficiently meet company objectives.
How To: Save 15 Hours a Month with the Eisenhower Matrix
Reduce time on menial tasks with by using the Eisenhower Matrix; great workers take charge of their time and make important projects a priority.
How to: Get More Done with the GTD Method
Does it seem like you never have enough time to do everything you need — and want — to do? Then you might want to give the GTD method a try
Productivity Hack: Stop Organizing Your Organizing
How much time have you spend re-organizing your to-do list, only to find yourself still lacking direction? It's time to start getting things done.
No Man is An Island: Delegation Strategies to Keep You Sane
Try a few of these simple delegation strategies to help your team or company work more efficiently and effectively
Drowning In To-Dos? Try Throwing Out Your List
Rather than working from a linear list, try one of these quadrant methods of task management to stay focused on what matters most.
What President Eisenhower Can Teach us About Prioritization
Dwight D. Eisenhower stayed extremely busy as the 34th U.S. President. Wondering how he managed prioritization while in office? Using the Eisenhower Method!
4 Creative and Effective Ways to Manage Your Day
Time management doesn't have to be a burden. Here are 4 creative ways to manage your tasks and get more done each day.
Learning How to Learn
I’m constantly inspired by people who take the hard road to improve themselves -- in this TEDx video, Barbara Oakley talks about her learning process.
Why you should manage tasks using the 4-quadrants method
Using the 4-quadrant method to manage tasks, also knows as the priority quadrant or the Eisenhower matrix, can help you work more efficiently...here's how
SWOT Analysis Definition
SWOT stands for strengths and weaknesses, opportunities, threats. The first two are internal factors we all have and the second two are external factors...
Good Project Management Skills
This article discusses what Project Management is, what a Project Manager does, Core Competencies of a Project Manager, and Good Project Management Skills.
Eisenhower Matrix Method - Manage importance and urgency in iOS, Windows and Mac
The Eisenhower Matrix method enables individualize prioritize work more efficiently. Learn it step-by-step here and unleash your productivity!
GTD: Getting Things Done
Ever wondered what the best way to getting things done is? Learn about David Allen's stress-free productivity method to find out
Lean Production: reducing waste to increase productivity
Today, I want to discuss another widely-used technique to improve productivity. This idea is called lean production, lean manufacturing, lean...
Pomodoro technique: a structured way to increase productivity
At a company that focuses on helping to increase personal productivity, I've picked up on several different methods that people use to work faster or...
Finding the best to do list app with a to do list template
The best to do list template will help you efficiently check tasks off your list. And we have what you're looking for! Check out Priority Matrix FREE.
Using design thinking to improve personal productivity
Design thinking is a methodology that encourages the use of empathy, creativity, and collaboration in solving problems or generating ideas. Companies like...
What is Scrum?
In recent years, agile methodologies have taken root in the software development world thanks to the popularization of techniques like Scrum or Kanban. At...
Time management strategies for busy people using the 4-quadrant method
The 4 quadrant method of time management enables you to prioritize and focus on what's most important, so you can work more efficiently. Learn more here!
To do list: using Priority Matrix as your simple to do list
Managing your to do list is sometimes about managing your “to don’t” list. You simply don’t have the resources, mental or physical, to tackle everything...
To do list for Windows using Priority Matrix
Priority Matrix is the ultimate way to build a to-do list - the 4-quadrants method allows for you to seamlessly manage your tasks. Click to learn more!
Eisenhower Method vs Eisenhower Matrix: How to prioritize
What is the Eisenhower Method vs Eisenhower Matrix? Learn how to prioritize your work and life, and use the right tool to do so.
Using Priority Matrix with GTD Methodology
Getting Things Done is a methodology for high precision time management. Learn how to use Priority Matrix using the GTD methodology here!