Learn To Manage More Effectively With Priority Matrix
It’s my belief that communication is Job One for a project manager. Whether or not your exact title is “project manager”, if you’re responsible for a project or initiative, it’s your job to ensure that information flows successfully between all project members and stakeholders. If you do that right, you’ll find numerous issues, from lack…
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Are you feeling stressed out at work? Does it feel like the weight of the world is on your shoulders? Yes? Sounds like a prioritization and delegation re-vamp is in order. Sometimes, things get out of control at work. That small virtual pile of work slowly grows into a virtual mountain of work that’s on the verge…
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Sometimes, it feels like there just isn’t enough time in the day. As a manager, your time is in constant demand. You deal with personal work responsibilities, team management, social obligations, and all of the other chores of every day life. You may begin a task, only to look up at the clock and realize that several…
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Creating a Gantt chart in Excel can be daunting. We get it. We’re here to help. In this article, we’ll walk you STEP by STEP how to create a Gantt chart in Excel. We’ll also show you a tool that makes creating a gantt chart a WHOLE lot quicker and easier. Because, you know, it’s 2016…
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The most successful business people are those who never stop learning. This helps them stay one step ahead of the competition. Lucky for us, there’s a huge wealth of knowledge easily accessible at our fingertips. There are 100s of bloggers with expertise in a variety of areas who are ready and willing to share it. However, finding…
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Procrastination is typically defined as the act of delaying or postponing something. This leaves us unproductive, due to something called the Zeigarnik Effect. The Zeigarnik Effect Technically, this is the: “Tendency to experience intrusive thoughts about an objective that was once pursued and left incomplete. The automatic system signals the conscious mind, which may be…
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Managing Priorities in Excel is one of the most common ways individuals and teams stay on top of their workload. However, when managing tasks, projects or a group of people, it can be difficult to prioritize and stay organized; communication through email, over the phone, or even in person can get lost in translation or…
Read moreEarlier this week, my boss pulled me over to his desk to present me with new case: somebody had sent over an order management spreadsheet full of tasks, task owners, and due dates and asked if they could integrate it into our system. Now, I’m not just saying this, but after working here for 6…
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Getting Things Done, by David Allen, is one of the most popularly subscribed to productivity methods. It’s no surprise that we receive a number of requests from our users who are wondering about transitioning from GTD to Priority Matrix. The GTD method has become so popular in large part because it recognizes the growing complexity…
Read moreSWOT analysis template powerpoint [slideshow_deploy id=’1815′] Swot analysis template powerpoint script below: SWOT is a structured form of analysis that is used to evaluate certain business ventures of projects. The letters stand for: Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats Conducting a SWOT analysis allows you to do things like: Compare your business to…
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