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Leadership Development: Urgent vs. Important

Urgent vs. Important When you think of urgent, you think of immediate.  When we think of important, we think of things that strongly affect what we are doing day to day. Although important tasks may have long-term effects, they have great significance both short and long-term. There are careers out there that limit us from one to [...]

Project Management: Project Initiation Document

Project Management is not only a title; it is a daily job function for business professionals everywhere. How to get started? First, you will need a Project Initiation Document (PID). This document will help you as you are starting out in your project. Why do you need a PID? Have you ever been a part of a project where [...]

Team Building Tip: Action Oriented People

There are three specific roles in putting together your team. Use this model below to ensure that you team roles are covered and there is a fair balance of action roles to create an effective team. Action Roles Shapers -Challenge the team to improve -Dynamic and usually extroverted people who enjoy stimulating others, questioning norms, and finding the best approaches [...]

Make Your Team All It Can Be and More

Make YOUR team all it can be and more. There are roles that every team has to have to be well-balanced. There are three categories in which these teams fall under: Action (oriented) Thought (oriented) People (oriented) How do you get a balanced team? Team performance is linked to clearly defined responsibilities Every role needed is to perform the team’s goal fully and [...]

Part 2 of What You Do at the Beginning of the Day and the End Determines What Happens During Your Day

Last time we talked about what happens at the beginning and the end of the day determining what happens in between. Today, we want to talk about the beginning, which is the most important part of your day. Your beginning actually started yesterday. Notice sometimes when you start your work day, it tends to pick up [...]

What You Do at the Beginning of the Day and the End Determines What Happens During the Day

The beginning and end of the day really determines what happens between your day. When tackling an issue like this, you want to determine the amount of time you actually have in a day. Sometimes there just aren’t enough hours in a day! It is best to break down your time to develop effective time management. Having [...]