Posts Tagged ‘project management’
The Unexpected Tool for Cultural Brilliance: Your Organizational Chart (5/8)š¢
How do you make sure you keep your promises? Your brand is a promise to employees.Ā Now you have to keep it. Every interaction you have with the public should reflect your brand, and therefore your culture. Enter: the organizational chart. Organizational chart Thatās that diagram that shows everybodyās job titles and has lines going…
Read MoreAre you achieving all of your goals on time?
The next question is: does it matter? What’s most important to you when it comes to achieving your goals? Meeting a deadline Checking a ācompletedā box Creating new value in your business You probably know where I am going with this: goals arenāt about dates and times. Goals add value to your business. What has…
Read MoreThe single best business tool you can ever use
Adapt tools to your needs, not your needs to the tools.Ā When you turn to the tools, start with the best one. The one tool that will solve problems and get you started on every project. The tool from which any other tool can be built. A list. Why lists are the single best business…
Read MoreHow to stay busy without losing your mind
A client recently told me that his favorite thing about working with me was the accountability it gave him. We created a new management plan, rolled it out to his employees, and then structured his management meetings. While he enjoyed all this work, the knowledge of upcoming meetings with me, and knowing that the work…
Read MoreWhy scaling is better than growth for your business
Growing your business means adding parts. More clients, more employees, more desks, more anything. Scaling your business means that your revenue increases, but your resources stay about the same. More clients, but without more of everything else. Why scaling is better than growing If doubling your client numbers means doubling the resources you need to…
Read MoreLearn from Lessons Learned
It is said that the more you learn, the less you know. What is really happening is that the more we learn, the more we realize we have to learn. Which is why every major project, initiative, client, and more deserves to end with a āLessons Learnedā review. What Lessons Learned are not A list…
Read MoreJinfo Article – Data analytics as the domain of the information professional
My latest article for Jinfo is now live [Subscription required]. If you have a Jinfo subscription, you can read the article here: Data analytics as the domain of the information professional I discuss the many moving parts of a data analytics project, and the ways in which information professionals can contribute both through their day-to-day…
Read MoreWhy Good Management is like Italian Food
Originally posted in an economics blog to which I occasionally contributed; the entertaining yet now defunct Bringing Sexy Back To Economics. The whole point of Italian food is that it is simple. The ingredients should be easy to find, instructions loosely followed and the result a rich but straightforward flavour, which will vary slightly from…
Read MoreProject Planning – Lost In Translation
This image really says it all (click to enlarge). I don’t have a source, unfortunately, as it was shared with me on a feed. If anybody does know the provenance please do say so in the comments. We have all seen this happen – in one guise or another. Every business transaction includes the input…
Read MoreStrategy vs Tactics
Understanding the difference between strategies and tactics (and, I would add, goals) is key to good business planning. This is subject matter I have covered previously and which, I am sure, I will cover continuously throughout this blog. I never tire of effective ways to differentiate these elements, and was recently sent another gem to…
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