One of the most common requirements on a job posting is “Excellent communication skills”. The hope is that if you hire people with these excellent communication skills, you’ll avoid all the confusion, distrust, mistakes and anxiety that...
Standing meetings, quick huddles, speedy meetings – everywhere we look, the productivity experts are challenging us to run faster, shorter meetings. But sometimes when you get running really fast, it’s easy to lose people along the way. When...
Last updated September 3, 2022Hey there! If you find this article interesting, you may also want to check out the 2022 update: How many meetings are there per day in 2022? (And should you care?) The...
Just want the highlights?Get the key tips minus all the commentary in the PDF version of this guide. Contents The Goal: Get as close to in-person quality as reasonably possible. The Challenges The Recommended Approach Tips for...
The economy hasn’t completely turned around yet, but it is getting better. Unemployment rates are slowly going down, foreclosures are dropping, and house values are finally going up again. But it still isn’t easy to find a...
Up today in the series on how remote teams do strategic planning: Dave Nevogt of Hubstaff on getting more freedom with strategic planning – starting with mission and values. You’ll learn how Dave invested in a new approach...
Have you ever had a project client come to you and say, “Can we implement this a month sooner than we originally planned?” No, that never happens…right? As a technical project manager, if something similar hasn’t already...
One “Essential Strategic Plan” template, five meeting agendas that walk you through filling it out, seven blog posts, and a review of 26 online brainstorming tools, all combine to make up the Complete Toolkit for Strategic Planning...
Performance, performance, performance. Doing more with less. Making the most of what you are given. Meeting the needs of the project customer head-on. Are you and your team doing these things every day on your project? Your competition is, so...
For the virtual strategic planning series I interviewed another expat entrepreneur living in nearly the same time zone. Carrie McKeegan and her husband, David, run their distributed business from Bali. Their company not only works virtually –...
