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Are You Addicted To Tools And Allergic To Work?

Tim Milburn

I have the same love affair with productivity and organizational tools as I do with hammers, drills, and mitre saws. I am always on the lookout for the next great piece of software (for my phone or laptop) that will take my productivity to the next level. Constantly switching apps or software actually works against that goal.

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Overused Office Jargon That Leads You Nowhere

HR Digest

Hammer it out” was another offender. I have attended meetings where leverage has been thrown about like a football—to leverage software, to leverage bandwidth (I was lost here), to leverage the network. Topping the list was “Give it 110 percent.” Followed by “think out of the box.”

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5 Effective Strategies for General Contractors to Cut Costs

Strategy Driven

A lot of contractors subscribe to different software services yet don’t use most of them. You may have to send lots of emails and hammer the phones. You can relocate the office to a location where the rent is lower. Also, you can consider the shift from in-house to cloud operations to cut overheads.

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7 Reasons Why You Can’t Do It Yourself

Strategy Driven

We all love the idea of relying on software solutions and automated formulas to succeed digitally. Just as anybody can use a hammer, only trained professionals can build a house. There’s an app for that. I’ve got a tool that does it for me. It’ll be done in a few clicks. The same principle applies to your digital strategy.

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Everybody Loves Bob – Faster Cheaper Better: The 9 Levers for Transforming How Work Gets Done

Strategy Driven

Hershman and Dr. Michael Hammer. Michael Hammer was a bold and revolutionary thinker, the coauthor of Reengineering the Corporation, the most important business book of the 1990s. Hershman is the Chief Executive Officer of Hammer and Company. Faster Cheaper Better : The 9 Levers for Transforming How Work Gets Done by Lisa W.

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3 Qualities of a Great Mentor

Steve Farber

Try building a tree fort with no hammer or nails (not that I’ve done that). So what tools should you offer as a mentor? Whatever your protégé needs to succeed, of course.

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3 Qualities of a Great Mentor

Steve Farber

Try building a tree fort with no hammer or nails (not that I’ve done that). So what tools should you offer as a mentor? Whatever your protégé needs to succeed, of course.

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