How do you go about building a culture of productivity? Culture is traditionally defined as the beliefs, manners, rituals, customs, institutions, arts, and achievements of a specific society. When you think about culture, you likely think of countries with rich histories, elaborate traditional clothing, and unique religious rituals, but did you know that companies have [...]
Have you ever noticed a difference between the days you take a lunch break versus the days you work straight through lunch? It’s not always easy to squeeze time into our busy schedules, but taking a lunch break will actually improve your afternoon productivity and effectiveness. Taking a break, even for just 15 or 20 [...]
Progressive Goal Planning offers a viable and effective alternative when other approaches fail. Progressive Goal Planning is the process of planning sequential goals. Each goals builds upon previously attained goals and ultimately toward the achievement of a greater, overarching goal. However, your end goal may not be known at the beginning of the process. In Progressive [...]
Prioritizing and organizing your tasks is crucial to your to-do list. It's important that you only have one list, whether the tasks are personal or for work. These projects and tasks are all things that you need to complete and you should be able to prioritize them all in one place, if you take [...]
What is Planning? The Planning Process includes the space between where you are, where you have been, and where you want to be. It is activity management. So what is planning? Planning is not unchanging. It is also not a meaningless collection of static plans. Planning is an ACTIVE process of evaluation and […]
Launching a CRM initiative may be the best resolution your business can make. As various holidays wind down and we head into the New Year, many of us will make resolutions to implement positive changes and improvements in our personal lives during the coming year. The New Year is also a great time to make [...]
Why do you build a plan in the first place? Plans serve several functions: […]
Anybody can stand to benefit from collaboration with another person, business, or company. Collaboration will allow you to give and receive ideas that will help both you and the person you’re collaborating with. Here are a few tips….. […]
What is Productivity? The ability of a business or individual to increase their productive output is an important facet of business culture. Central to the American work environment is being able to get more things done and accomplishing them more quickly. What is productivity? It’s the ability to […]
With the holidays here, many people are finding that their schedules are, for lack of a better word, stuffed. Here's some ideas about how to maximize your time during the holidays. Between the increased demands of friends and family, with the ever present need to work and complete mundane tasks, it can seem like there [...]
How to Delegate and Grow Your Small Business Many small business owners become jacks-of-all-trades and do a little bit of everything when it comes to managing their businesses. […]
Company culture starts with company values. Not every company makes an intentional effort identify or to mold their company values, but they should. Company values are reflected in the beliefs and behaviors of the business. […]
