Do you find it hard to focus on your work? Three keys to focus on your work are to plan ahead, avoid distractions and train your brain. Once you develop a routine you will be more productive and reach your goals. A manager can have a lot on their plate which makes it hard to focus on your work. A steady stream of emails, phone calls, employees and tasks all demanding your attention. Will all this … [Read more...]
Whiteboard Monday – To-Do List of Tasks, Objectives and Goals
As a manager one of the best tools you can use is a to-do list. A list of any task, objectives and goals you need to prioritize and complete. They help keep your management tasks organized and on track. Humans are visual creatures so it is not surprising that we use so many visual tools to communicate with. One of the best visual tools in your office is a dry erase whiteboard. Since it is large … [Read more...]
13 Sites to Download Free eBooks
eBooks have become very popular with devices such as the Kindle and the new iPad. You can get applications for your smart phone to read PDF files and eBooks from most popular book sites. There ia a large choice of eBooks and many are free. Amazon has a collection of free eBooks for their Kindle reader so be sure and check their site. You don’t have to buy a Kindle to read them. They have … [Read more...]
How To Manage Topic Specific Paperwork
As managers we must deal with a lot of paperwork and information from a variety of sources. Without a good information management system you can have a hard time finding something when you need it. The system detailed here will take all the data on a specific subject and put it in one easy to reach and portable place. Project meetings, staff meetings, vendor meetings. Think of all the meetings … [Read more...]
Has Work Taken Over Your Life?
Do you feel your work has taken over your life? Work can seem like a giant time sucking machine that will take as much time as you give it. There is always something to do and there never seems to be enough time to get everything done. Learning to manage your time, set your priorities and set limits on what you take on can help you get back to a reasonable work-life balance. Working long hours … [Read more...]
Get Things Done With Smarter To-Do Lists
To-do lists, task list, don’t forget lists. We all use lists of some type to remind us and organize our tasks. Learning how to create and better use these lists will make them more usable to us and more efficient to create. Gina Trapani author and founding editor of Lifehacker wrote an excellent article for Fast Company. Work Smart: How to Write a To-Do List first shows you the differences … [Read more...]
WRL – IPad, Your Mojo, Email Mistakes, Declutter, Negotiations
Have an IPad and want to use a keyboard? Are you losing your leadership mojo? Want to know the 10 fatal mistakes managers make in email? Want to know some good ways to declutter your digital life this weekend? Need to brush up on your negotiating basics? The Weekend Reading List is a collection of posts, articles and videos from around the Internet posted each Saturday. Feel free to submit your … [Read more...]
Develop Your Own Note-Taking Best Practices
For managers note-taking is a skill used every day and like any skill it can be improved on. By developing your own set of note-taking best practices your notes will be more effective and less time consuming to properly utilize. In an article to follow I will layout an information management system that will show you an efficient and effective way to manage your notes and other forms of … [Read more...]
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