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When we stop dithering and let our brains zoom in on getting a job done, we immediately feel more confident about ourselves and life.

Why are people who believe they control events in their life such an asset to the companies they work for? Good leaders also wanted to know what about everyone else? How can they get other team members to adopt that same proactive mentality, even during anxious...
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The End of the Email Era

October 29, 2009  |  Posted by Steve
Email has had a good run as king of communications. But its reign is over.

In its place, a new generation of services is starting to take hold—services like Twitter and Facebook and countless others vying for a piece of the new world. And just as email did more than a decade ago, this shift promises to profoundly rewrite the way we communicate—in ways we can only begin to imagine.

We all st...
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The Pomodoro Technique: A GTD Alternative?

October 23, 2009  |  Posted by Lisette
Not a fan of Getting Things Done (GTD)? It might be hard to imagine for some, but it’s not everyone’s favorite productivity methodology. “The Pomodoro Technique” by Francesco Cirillo is another option might be a better fit for your needs. This technique works well for folks who feel anxiety when thinking about the “ticking clock” and deadlines.

The Solution to Anxiety-ridden “Becoming”

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Organizations around the globe that deploy the most advanced Internet protocol-based collaboration technologies achieve more than twice the return on their collaboration investment and perform better than their less collaborative peers, according to a new Frost & Sullivan study released today.

“Meetings Around the World II: Charting the Course of Advanced Collaboration,” sponsored by Verizon a...
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In any significantly big project, there are bound to be times when you lose the track of what you’re doing, when for whatever reason you stop moving forward and, what’s worse, can’t seem to find the motivation to get going again. When we “fall off the wagon” like that, a kind of psychological wall starts building up, making getting back in the swing of things seem more and more daunting. An ugly ...
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Magic numbers of project management

October 19, 2009  |  Posted by Lisette
No matter where I go, or what industry I’m talking to, if I ask enough questions of people who have schedules for important things eventually I hear a magic number.

A magic number is a mystical multiplier used to figure out schedules. Sometimes it’s small. Other times it’s large. But regardless of the size, very smart people managing very important things bet their projects on these numbers w...
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Gantt charts look cool. The ones I can make using MS-Project show task names, durations, assigned resources and milestones. All in color…in whatever fonts and fill patterns I want to use. In my experience, few things about a project proposal impress people so completely as a really nice-looking Gantt chart. Sad, but true.

One of the most important things a Gantt chart is supposed to show is th...
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Web-based time tracking software pays for itself

October 20, 2009  |  Posted by Amy
In this current economic landscape many small businesses are looking for ways to save money and increase productivity. Smaller and tighter budgets require us to be more frugal with our spending while still meeting our goals and expectations for the business. For web designers, developers, creatives, marketers and others providing a professional service and billing hourly, there is extra pressure ...
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