Michael McKinney

DECEMBER 1, 2023

We've been told that working harder and smarter is the only way to succeed in business and life. What if instead we focused on working creatively with others? But persuading others is getting harder and harder. Does Shark Tank teach us something about the way we pursue success that isn't true?

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 21, 2023

Work smarter, not harder. Solicit constructive feedback from other stakeholders. Reflect on your accomplishments and lessons learned. Not get caught in the trap of responding without a strategy. Think and behave like an active project manager of your career--calling your own plays an not watching your career from the sidelines.

Project Management 52

Project Management Manager 52

Mike Griffiths

JUNE 18, 2022

Work smarter, not harder. Using graphical summaries, cartoons, and humor, we make ideas “stickier” in our minds. Badges, points, ranks and optional leaderboards help provide the motivation and nudges needed to keep you engaged.   Textbook vs.

Project Management 52

Project Management Manager 52

Chief Executive

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

When you talk to people who work in strong cultures, that’s how they feel about the team they work with. In a work culture, feeling safe or unsafe physically, mentally, and emotionally colors how we feel about everything. Is that what your leadership is saying to the people who work for you? They work harder.

Inclusion 96

Inclusion Diversity Implementation Retention 96

15Five

AUGUST 18, 2022

If you are dealing with a difficult time at work, find ways to improve communication: Add an HR update to each team meeting. There’s so much happening at work that employees aren’t sure what makes sense anymore. Work with your executive team to determine what, if anything, needs to change in light of current circumstances.

Employee Engagement 58

Employee Engagement Metrics Performance Review Manager 58

Mind Tools Strategy

JULY 19, 2018

Have you ever noticed how differently people work when doing the same task? The quality of the work is the same, but one is able to work better. . “When I started my career at the Boston Consulting Group in London, I worked very hard and I tried to succeed,” he says. Morten Hansen. “And I did. .

Energy 52

Energy Manager Performance Management 52

Zenefits

JANUARY 10, 2023

Talent shortages; ever-increasing recruitment costs; the time it takes to hire; and the difficulty in doing so have led many businesses to absorb the losses of retaining staff as the smarter decision for their organization. They either work with reduced staff, refuse business they cannot fulfill, or spend more to hire less-skilled workers.

Retention 105

Retention Recruitment Marketing Accounts 105

Peter Winick

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

An interview with Luke Battye about his work as a change consultant and thought leader. Luke explains how Sprint Valley is merging the science of behavior change with the art of design thinking, to find ways to help people work hand in hand in order to solve complex problems. I don’t know why that’s on my brain working.

Implementation 265

Implementation Energy Sales Sales 265

Liquid Planner Leadership

MARCH 16, 2022

Project management is a lot more complicated than relying on the luck of the Irish to ensure people are working on the right priorities at the right time. A good project manager needs to lead the team to ensure everyone is working on the right projects at the right time. . Here’s our short list: 1. Reuse project plans.

Project Management 103

Project Management Software Manager 103

Jackie Nagel

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The Self-Care Myth Most of us conflate “self-care” with “work-life balance.” We often place our attention and effort in the work-life balance bucket in search of a drumbeat of work and rest that keeps us sharp, focused, and innovative — only to stumble repeatedly. And it’s not just me. Eventually, burnout sets in.

Energy 52

Energy Implementation Marketing 52

Andrew Chen

JUNE 26, 2017

Although he doesn’t directly talk about it, the end of a tech cycle has major implications for launching new products, growing existing product categories, because of a simple thing: It gets much, much harder to grow new products or pivot existing ones into new markets. Smarter, faster competitors. Competition on paid channels.

Advertising 111

Advertising Revenue Marketing Retention 111

Zenefits

OCTOBER 13, 2022

As NPR explains , this take on quiet quitting casts the move as simply an effort to have healthy boundaries with work and a true work-life balance. Women have been saddled with a disproportionate amount of office work. Not only does this extra work not advance their careers , it’s rarely even recognized or appreciated.

Compensation 52

Compensation Administration Onboarding Scaling 52

Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 1, 2023

As one of the first Rhodes Scholars to complete graduate work in Women’s Studies, Hunter Arscott has been named by Thinkers50 as “one of the top management thinkers likely to shape the future of how organizations are managed and led.” The work-around? In Begin Boldly , Hunter Arscott turns this thinking on its head.

Implementation 80

Implementation Energy Government Scaling 80

LSA Global

APRIL 26, 2023

As a consultative solution seller , you have been working hard and using all the sales tools available. Winning Bigger Deals The fundamental answer to the success of top B2B sellers is not that they work harder; it’s that they work smarter. You’re doing OK but want to do better.

B2B 36

B2B Sales Sales Accounts 36

Peter Winick

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Today, finding and retaining talent is harder than ever. Innovation just doesn’t work anymore, as if it ever really did. For decades, businesses have used a “command and control” method of leadership, a top-down authoritative approach that gives privilege and power only to senior management. So how do I do?

Scaling 246

Scaling Operations Marketing Benefits 246

Liquid Planner Leadership

APRIL 5, 2022

Uneven or unfair distribution of work. Nobody performs their best work in burnout mode, and working 60+ hour weeks is not sustainable. Once you start over-working, it can be a hard habit to break. Once you start over-working, it can be a hard habit to break. Minimal support from your leadership. Estimate your time.

Software 75

Software Project Management Engineering Accounts 75

Vantage Circle

AUGUST 7, 2020

In the first place, leaders need to work smarter, not harder on their initiatives. For example, if most employees follow a misogynistic culture, merely providing an on-site creche will not work. Similarly, if you don't work on employee engagement or retention, the investment made in hiring diverse employees will fail.

Diversity 98

Diversity Inclusion Employee Engagement Media 98

Get Lighthouse

AUGUST 9, 2022

Don't think you can make up for it by working twice as hard tomorrow. If you have it within your power to work twice as hard, why aren't you doing it now?". Don't let poor work slip by. Work is a marathon, not a sprint. You must be interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way." No one likes a dictator.

Manager 98

Manager Education Benchmarking Engineering 98

Peter Winick

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

If you are going to make video work you have to go deep fast. If you don’t know his work, you should. Put in the hard work. Nick Morgan As we all know, it didn’t quite work out that way, but the business end picked itself up and went virtual. But we’re not a medical show today. But his books are amazing.

Travel 130

Travel Marketing Workflows Scaling 130

Andrew Chen

JULY 25, 2019

Dear readers, The Serial Entrepreneur — investors want to back them, newbies want to learn from them, and people want to work on their teams. They want you to be a VC, they want you to work on projects with them, you can start any company that you want, which is great… but it’s a paradox of choice, and focus can be a huge problem”.

B2B 87

B2B B2C Marketing Software 87

Vantage Circle

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Goal setting not only allows you to take control of your team’s work direction; but also provides you with a benchmark to determine whether the business objectives are being met. Managers, supervisors , and employees may have to work together to find the most appropriate and feasible sources of data and methods of analysis. Zig Ziglar.

Metrics 58

Metrics Performance Management Sales Sales 58

LSA Global

JUNE 7, 2019

If you want to become a better skier, ski harder terrain with better skiers. If you want to be a better leader, take on more challenging work and rub shoulders with people who are smarter and more experienced than you. In a nutshell, more complex assignments are great way for people to get better. For the Organization.

Succession Planning 28

Succession Planning Benefits Talent Development Manager 28

Vantage Circle

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Goal setting not only allows you to take control of your team’s work direction; but also provides you with a benchmark to determine whether the business objectives are being met. Here, ‘conversion rate’ acts as the metric which inspires your team to work in relation to the set goal. Team goal setting is fundamental in any organization.

Metrics 45

Metrics Performance Management Sales Sales 45

Andrew Chen

JULY 25, 2019

Dear readers, The Serial Entrepreneur — investors want to back them, newbies want to learn from them, and people want to work on their teams. They want you to be a VC, they want you to work on projects with them, you can start any company that you want, which is great… but it’s a paradox of choice, and focus can be a huge problem”.

B2B 40

B2B Marketing B2C Software 40

Peter Winick

JANUARY 27, 2023

And once you do, how long should you work to promote that book after it hits the shelves? Becky is the Founder and CEO of Weaving Influence where she works with business book authors to build their platform and grow the reach of their work. What’s the…? Becky Robinson Cause. Peter Winick Cause! Peter Winick Cause!

Marketing 246

Marketing Nonprofit Sales Sales 246

15Five

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

You start to think about looking for different work. No matter what your company’s mission is, getting your team rallied behind the why of their work makes for more committed, passionate employees. When it’s done right, company culture helps set the tone for employee attitudes and work ethic. The days are hot.

Revenue 30

Revenue Employee Engagement Performance Management Metrics 30

Michael McKinney

MAY 6, 2024

They are now working smarter, not harder. Some 54 percent of organizations say AI has been cost-effective for their business operations. Netflix, for example, claims to have saved more than $1 billion annually using machine learning. Organizations can do more with less.

Scaling 90

Scaling Operations Implementation Travel 90

Peter Winick

JANUARY 23, 2023

Selling ideas can take many forms ; speaking on stage, running webinars for hundreds , or working one – on – one. And understanding that takes a lot of hard work, honestly, to really understand how people feel, what they need in their life, how a product revolves around everything in their life. Good thought.

Marketing 182

Marketing Sales Sales Benefits 182

Chris LoCutro

JUNE 13, 2023

Working with family can read like a classic novel. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”. I’ve worked with family members for years, and I absolutely love getting to see them in both the home and the office! Sure, working with family members has challenges, but there are some serious rewards! And it's fabulous.

Accounts 59

Accounts Strategic Planning Sales Sales 59

Chris LoCutro

MARCH 5, 2024

And so if you're a leader working for an owner, don't, don't hit pause, don't move away. You need to know that you are working for someone who probably deals at times with feeling isolated or feeling alone. This startling fact from Harvard Business Review highlights a common yet rarely discussed challenge at the leadership level.

Small Business 59

Small Business Operations Accounts Energy 59

Vantage Circle

JANUARY 3, 2020

That’s precisely why you need the most inspiring motivational quotes for work at hand in case you ever lose hope. A good quote can give you the right mindset to view a challenging situation as something to conquer and work even harder. Top Motivational Quotes For Work To Boost Morale. So let's take a look: 1. Steve Jobs.

Education 76

Education Assets Travel Implementation 76

Liquid Planner Productivity

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

You’re working on more than one project, so why are you still planning projects separately? Project managers do their very best to stay on top of dates, but in complex environments where people work on many projects at the same time, it is simply not possible for the human brain to calculate realistic start and finishes in the moment.

Project Management 59

Project Management Engineering Manager Software 59

Agile42

APRIL 16, 2020

I have worked as an Agile Coach for over 15 years now. Each team works from a backlog of work items or stories, and tracks their velocity in story points; competing for the accolade of highest score! Work items that are waiting usually require some kind of extra-team interaction in order to get unstuck. Sadly… not really.

Manager 81

Manager Project Management ROI Workflows 81

High Scalability

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Now Cory is about 100x times smarter than I am, but this analogy is wrong: That's why the trustbusters were so big on "structural separation": the principle that a business can own a platform or use the platform, but not both. I would not because I don't think the people who think this way actually understand how the cloud works.

Software 75

Software Fixed Costs Marketing ROI 75

BetterUp

AUGUST 15, 2019

world of work, too. Long work hours and staying plugged in outside of work is the norm. of individuals work 12 hour days which makes it harder to fit in a full eight hours of sleep, especially considering that after-hours. Just working out more is the kind of. Just working out more is the kind of.

Scaling 85

Scaling Energy Manager Benefits 85

Chris LoCutro

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

And you know, back in Dave Ramsey days, and I met Mary Beth and she worked with you at Dave's and all this stuff about money and debt and really started being like, wow, this is there's really something to this. Welcome to the Chris LoCurto show where we discuss leadership and life and discover that business is what you do, not who you are.

Benefits 65

Benefits Banking Marketing Operations 65

Asana

AUGUST 16, 2022

Just before the holidays in 2021 , the marketing team at Mural was met with the most brow-furrowing of work problems: Company leaders presented them with an abstract-sounding challenge and gave them a hard deadline to figure it out. Luma’s success was that it had developed a system to help teams make better, smarter decisions faster.

Marketing 85

Marketing Software Reorganization Advertising 85