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5 Ways You Can Recharge: Mind, Spirit, and Productivity

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By Kevin Eikenberry Experts say that people are truly complex bundles of energy. Therefore, it makes sense to think about how we can manage, use, and increase the amount of energy in our bodies and minds. Why? Because when we are better energy managers, we can create better results in all areas of our lives. The topic of personal energy is much larger than can be covered … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Leadership, Personal & Professional Development, Productivity, Teambuilding Tagged With: energy, productivity, recharge, refresh

How to Keep the Project Running When You’re Under Stress

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Guest post by Eun Rockwell   At some point in your career, you'll encounter stressful situations on the job. A new assignment may loom larger than life. Unforeseen events like illness or family problems can cause stress. Asking for assistance too late has led many project managers to fail and watch the job fall apart. How can you prevent this? Planning ahead is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Leadership, Personal & Professional Development, Productivity Tagged With: dealing with stress, project management

The Top 10 Tips to Boost Productivity at Work

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By Guest blogger We all go to a workplace every day and sometimes it is not that easy. We have to finish many assignments, make reports, and whatnot. But sometimes there are simple things we can do in order to work more efficiently and get our jobs done sooner. In this article, I will tell you about some of these small things which can make your everyday tasks easier said … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: productivity

Maybe is a Powerful Word

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By Kevin Eikenberry Maybe is a powerful word. It can be a word of contemplation and consideration. And it can also be a word of procrastination and delay, which is not as helpful.  For me, when I am honest with myself, I know which it is when I say it or think it.   I might say it hoping people think I am in consideration, when I am really procrastinating, delaying, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Communication, Performance Management, Personal & Professional Development, Productivity Tagged With: decision making, leadership development, prod

How to Improve Company Culture While Having Fun

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Guest Post by Magdalene Hellen Sometimes, going to work is a hassle. We are supposed to love our jobs, but that's not always the case. Your workers will have days when they seem unmotivated. We all have those days. However, if you allow that attitude to take over your business, you can forget excellence and profits. It is essential to create a company culture that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Leadership, Personal & Professional Development, Productivity Tagged With: team culture

What to Do When You are Feeling Overwhelmed

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By Kevin Eikenberry    As a new supervisor, you have a lot going on that can cause you to start feeling overwhelmed. Have you ever noticed that when you feel overwhelmed, things are coming at you very quickly? The sheer volume of work and decisions is what creates the overwhelm.  When you are in that place, you aren’t very productive, and you are having a bigger … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Difficult Situations, Personal & Professional Development, Productivity Tagged With: overcoming challenges

Are You Aware of What Your Best Really Is?

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by Kevin Eikenberry Perhaps it is further proof that a principle is a principle when it becomes more clear and true to you the older you get.  If that is true, there can be no doubt that self-awareness is a principle that matters.  In order for us to lead at higher levels, indeed in order for us to live at higher levels, we must become more self-aware. What is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Goal Setting, Personal & Professional Development, Productivity Tagged With: career advancement, Kevin Eikenberry, leadership mindset, motivation, productivity, self awareness

Picking Alternatives to Email

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by Wayne Turmel New leaders rely on the skills we had as teammates and the habits that made us successful. But what if there’s one thing you did that wasn’t as productive as you thought it was, and now is a great time to change? We’re talking about the over use and abuse of email. As team members, there’s a pretty good chance we were “that person.” You know, the one who … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Future of Work, Productivity, Remote Work Tagged With: communicating with employees, communication, email, productivity, remote work, Wayne Turmel

Another Way to Think About Time Management

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In our Bud to Boss workshops, I often get asked about time management from a leadership perspective. How to be better at it and how to stop wasting it. While I have read much about this topic and continually try to get better at it, I am increasingly clear that we are all starting from the wrong place. When I look at a clock it just keeps ticking. It doesn’t matter what I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: efficiency, productivity, time-management

Ensuring a Well-Run Meeting Starts With One Critical Step

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We’ve all walked out of a meeting and thought “Wow, that was a waste of time.” Perhaps the meeting had no clear purpose, the participants strayed off topic or the issues weren’t adequately resolved. Regardless, you left the meeting feeling frustrated. This time-wasting experience could have been avoided if the person preparing for the meeting knew how to write an agenda that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Performance Management, Productivity Tagged With: meetings, productive meetings, productivity, team building

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