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Now Is The Time To Plan For 2020.

Rich Gee Group

What projects were a big hit to upper management and customers? Set New Goals. Use the SMART method to ensure success for each goal: Specific: Is the goal clearly written? Achievable: Is it a realistic goal? Lock-In Your Goals With Deadlines. Take each of your goals and do three things: a.

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Great Quotes: Making Ideas Happen by Scott Belsky

QAspire

I hope these quotes/snippets will help you get the gist of this book and prompt you to read it: Managing the Work. The term ’project management’ makes most creative people cringe. Elaborate Gantt charts and byzantine procedures plague bureaucracies large and small. On Managing Your Energy. On Progress.

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Managing a Remote Team: 12 Best Practices for Better Productivity

Strategy Driven

To ascertain staff productivity in teams that are scattered across various locations, below are twelve best practices to effectively manage a mobile/remote workforce: 1. Managing a remote workforce will require application of a diverse set of techniques and mediums to get a task accomplished. Embrace flexibility. Use cloud-based tools.

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Adding Value: A Gentle Reminder

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Adding Value: A Gentle Reminder Sure, as a project manager / business leader, you: Completed the project in given time frame. Shared statistical reports with the top management. Track value delivered, when you tracked through the Gantt Chart? Within the budget.

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Your Strategy Has to Be Flexible — But So Does Your Execution

Harvard Business Review

Action plans and Gantt charts can span many pages in pursuit of precision and concreteness. In the worst case, busyness can become an implicit goal or cultural norm, and the original strategic intent can be lost in a frenzy of detail and activity. .” Tyranny of intermediate goals. ” Metric obsession.