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Balance your Workload on High-Visible Projects

Career Advancement

She was striving to increase her visibility by taking on high-profile projects. She’d taken on two new projects that made up nearly half of her workload. You’re working to increase your output and the caliber of projects you carry out, building visibility and influence while excelling in your current job. Eat a healthy snack.

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Agile Project Management: How to Guide for Businesses

Strategy Driven

Finding new business strategies that complement operations is essential in the modern competitive world of commerce. There are innovative practices coming to light all the time that benefit business owners and encourage employees into more productive outputs, and agile project management is the recent one gaining traction.

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Setting Healthy Boundaries: What to Say When You Need to Say No

Let's Grow Leaders

A colleague wants you on a new project, but you’re swamped. Host, David Dye, will share some practical phrases and strategies you can use. If you’re liking these practical ways to deal with workplace conflict, definitely check out our book, “Powerful Phrases for Dealing With Workplace Conflict.”

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Hidden Benefits of Off-Strategy Consulting Projects

David A Fields

You’re diligently working away at your consulting practice, winning projects and creating exceptional value for your clients. Not only is George’s potential project unexpected, it’s outside your strategic focus. Obvious Consideration: Need for Projects. Don’t let off-strategy projects (a.k.a.

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3 Reasons Why Your Company’s “Superhero” Leadership Strategy Isn’t Working

Great Leadership By Dan

So you might be surprised when I say that many companies including yours are following a Superhero leadership strategy. A Superhero strategy is a leadership strategy in which an organization focuses most of its time and energy on developing a small, exclusive group of people who are destined for major roles in the company.

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Expert Strategies to Turn Workplace Clashes to Collaboration

Skip Prichard

For example, “I’ve noticed that you’ve asked me about this project five times in the last two hours.” At the very least, this powerful question gives you insights into what the other person needs, and then of course opens the door for you to share your definition of success as well. Then follow your “I noticed” phase with curiosity.

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Project Management 101: The Stages of Project Management

Women on Business

I remember when I picked up my first project management book. However, I was determined to not only find the resources to help me plan and execute a project, but also, decode what was written in the book. What Is a Project? When you look at it that way, MOST things are actually projects. The Stages of Project Management.

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