Online collaboration has transformed how organizations of all sizes and industries interact and perform. From one-person businesses leveraging automation to scale with ease to large multinationals interacting remotely with clients and teams, technology has countless...
Choosing the Best Project Management Methodology for Your Team
Project management is one of those skills most people think they have, but few actually do. It combines people skills, technical knowledge, and the ability to implement replicable processes to ensure sustained success for your organization and clients. Thankfully, the...
What Is Overservicing, and How Does It Hurt Your Team?
Fierce competition and an increasingly complex business environment have made organizations fight for attention like never before. B2B buyers have more information available and more options to choose from than they ever had, and it’s transformed the way your business...
Risk Management: Planning for the Unexpected
Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to guess everything that could go wrong — and come up with a step-by-step plan to address it before it even happens? Of course, it’s pretty much impossible to guess the future. However, we can make educated predictions and projections —...
Why Is Training Essential?
Have you ever had to do a Microsoft Excel VLookUp Table? Whenever I have to create a VLookUp Table, it takes me a moment to shift my mindset to get it done. It's not always an easy task for someone like me that first saw personal computers in college. When I finish,...
Intentional Organizational Training
Learning and development play an essential role in an organization’s success. However, a recent study conducted by the Sitel Group found that 35 percent of employees believed their employers did not understand their skill sets and areas that they need development in,...
4 Tips To Encourage Your Team To Participate In Professional Development
Early in my career, I learned the power of professional development when my manager encouraged me to participate in various skill-enhancing opportunities. Soon, I began to ask myself, “What do you want to learn this year?” Like a kid in a candy store, I’d peruse the...
Keeping Our Focus on The Main Thing
I always have a long to-do list. I imagine you do, too. I have a long list for home, my kids, for nonprofits I support, for building my business, for supporting each customer, etc. So even though I give the advice, focus on the main thing. I often get irritated with...
Agile Elements Keep a Project Moving
Shift happens. Shift happens everywhere. The world around us changes so quickly. Family. Politics. The environment. Business. It's naive to think that things will happen exactly as we plan them. We only fool and frustrate ourselves when we get bent out of shape...