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Management Tools For Leaders: The FADE Cycle

Rich Gee Group

The problem might be as simple as a dysfunctional program that requires a deeper fix to create a new product line. Execute plan — Now run with the ball, keep an eye on all resources and deliverables, and keep a tight Gantt chart plan.

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Communicating Your Project Plan With Stakeholders

Strategy Driven

Gantt chartsGantt charts are ideal for showing the status of the project in real time. However, you will have to explain these charts to most stakeholders, as not everyone will understand what they are looking at. It works well for briefings, but it is not always ideal for productive discussions.

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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. Humans are inherently curious, which is why transparency is a big boost to team morale and productivity. Measure productivity. Embrace flexibility.

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Great Quotes: Making Ideas Happen by Scott Belsky

QAspire

Elaborate Gantt charts and byzantine procedures plague bureaucracies large and small. On Productivity. “…productivity is not about how efficient you are at work. Instead, your productivity is really about how well you are able to make an impact in what matters most to you.”. On “Project Approach” to Ideas.

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Adding Value: A Gentle Reminder

QAspire

Track value delivered, when you tracked through the Gantt Chart? Apart from the quality of product, the perception of value has a lot to do with the overall experience of client when dealing with you. But did you keep that in perspective constantly while executing? Critically evaluate “earned value” for the stakeholders?

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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 1992, to free-up warehouse space, the UK team promised free airline tickets to customers who purchased more than £100 worth of its products. But such a simplistic view of execution can be misleading and can reduce actual impact.