On the heels of our previous post (Making a status report with Priority Matrix), I just wanted to talk about different formats that you might use for an employee weekly status report template. We’ve compiled a few templates from other sources below. Before digging deeper, let’s also review WHY you’d want to make a weekly…
Read moreMaking a status report with Priority Matrix
Using the principles we explained in What is Scrum?, we can use Priority Matrix to create a daily or weekly status report that contains every action item that we deal with on a regular basis. This allows you, your team, or your supervisor to see exactly what everyone has been contributing. Here is one example of how…
Read moreHow to get better sleep and relieve stress
Being productive is about being able to work efficiently on a certain task(s) and produce results. However, without the right preparation, being productive can be quite difficult. This preparation begins in bed, where you prepare your body for each and every day. Here are some tips on getting better sleep and maximizing your productivity. Get…
Read moreStartups: how to prioritize tasks and make decisions
At Appfluence, we have learned a lot about creating a company from scratch, and what makes a product useful to our customers. Here are a few pieces of information that we would like to share about how to prioritize tasks and make decisions as a small business owner/startup company founder. Stay focused Create and maintain…
Read moreUsing 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 IDEO use design thinking as a foundation for their design consulting services, and these methods have relatively recently made its way into higher education. Stanford University, Northwestern University, and UC Berkeley are just a…
Read moreWhat ocean swimming taught me about goal setting
A few years back I joined a triathlon team at the local YMCA. I’ve always been interested in endurance sports. I’m an avid cyclist, and had just completed the Los Angeles marathon, so I figured if I added a bit of swimming to the mix I would be a super athlete. Interestingly enough, swimming turned…
Read moreTop 10 time management skills for college students from a Stanford entrepreneur
Today, I’ll share some of the time management skills I used and learned as a college and graduate student. When I was pursuing my PhD at Stanford University, I had an insane amount of work juggling between TA-ship, coursework, research, consulting and pursuing my side projects (which became the company I co-founded). Having been through…
Read moreHow do I use Priority Matrix?
Priority Matrix is a highly effective tool to increase accountability within your team, and provide more visibility of team activity to managers. This is a great way to reduce time-consuming meetings and email threads, while making sure your team priorities are clear. If you’d like an in-depth overview of how to utilize Priority Matrix to…
Read morePriority Matrix for Windows Onboarding
Get started with Priority Matrix for Windows Priority Matrix is a software tool based on the 4-quadrant paradigm. Priority Matrix improves your life by solving 3 problems: Prioritization. So that you work on things that matter. Organization. Keeping your information synchronized and accessible anywhere and anytime. Ease of use. Providing you features and visual tools…
Read morePriority Matrix 101 – Onboarding & User Manual
In this post, I’ll walk you through all the basic things you need to get started with Priority Matrix by Appfluence. If you want a detailed overview of Priority Matrix features, check these out: Priority Matrix for iPad & iPhone Priority Matrix for Windows (+Team) Priority Matrix for Mac (+Team) Video overview of Priority Matrix….
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