Mon.Oct 16, 2023

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Managing a Project? Formalize Your Follow-Up Process.

Harvard Business

One of the biggest mistakes in project management is that simply telling someone to do something is enough for it to get done. In most cases, especially with longer and more complex projects, assigning work isn’t enough, explaining work isn’t enough, and even planning out work isn’t enough. Follow-up is the key to making sure the work actually gets done.

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The Power of Others Presence on Performance

Organizational Talent Consulting

Empty stadiums at the 2020 Olympics provide a fascinating glimpse into the profound impact of others' presence on workplace performance, productivity, and profitability. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 12.7% of full-time employees are now working from home, while 28.2% are working a hybrid model. Empty offices are no longer a rarity.

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Evaluating ROI on Your Company’s Learning and Development Initiatives

Harvard Business

Historically, the challenge with implementing learning and development programs has been the difficulty in quantifying the impacts on organizational performance. Leaders can use an approach called balanced benchmarking, borrowed from operations management, to conduct a needs assessment and apply training where it can be most effective. The author explains how this approach was applied at a firm in the legal services industry and offers five strategies for implementation.

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How to Prepare for a Meeting

Office Skills

If you’re someone who is responsible or taking the minutes of the meeting, as the administrative professional, you’ll need to know how to prepare for a meeting including understanding the […] The post How to Prepare for a Meeting appeared first on Office Skills Training.

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PowerPoint Best Practices for Creating Stellar Presentations

Mastering data visualization in PowerPoint will help accelerate your career because it positions you as someone who can present data that drives business decisions forward. think-cell's PowerPoint Best Practices eBook was created specifically for professionals aiming to master the art and science of data-driven storytelling. What’s inside: Practical Insights: Uncover valuable tips for crafting engaging and persuasive presentations.

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Research: Flexible Work Is Having a Mixed Impact on Employee Well-Being and Productivity

Harvard Business

According to Gallup research, workers around the world who are working in hybrid or remote roles say they experience more stress and anger than their colleagues who work onsite full-time. At the same time, these remote and hybrid employees say they’re consistently more engaged than full-time onsite workers. This presents a complicated challenge for company leaders: Full flexibility means employee well-being might be in jeopardy.

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4 Forces That Are Fundamentally Changing How We Work

Harvard Business

We’re experiencing a seismic transformation in the way we work — an evolution shaped by technological advancements and changing societal norms. In this next phase, work will be defined by its adaptability, technological integration, flexibility, and collaborative spirit. Moreover, it will take a holistic view, considering not just productivity, but also the well-being of individuals and the broader societal impact of the work we’re doing.

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Progressus Software Announces Major Release to Enhance Dynamics 365 for Professional Services Firms

Progressus

Building on the promise to empower project-based businesses to turn projects into profits, Progressus, the first app designed for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is unveiling transformative new features and expanding markets in 2024. COLUMBUS, OH — OCTOBER 16, 2023 — Velosio, the leading cloud applications partner for midmarket companies, announces a major release of Progressus in January of 2024, tailored to simplify the technology experience and empower businesses with tools designed f

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Fighting Uncertainty in Organizations, Including Matrix Ones

Epicflow

The article is based on the webinar “Fighting Uncertainty in Organizations, Including Matrix Ones, to Achieve Excellent Reliability” with TOC experts Eli Schragenheim and Albert Ponsteen. Eli Schragenheim is a respected expert in organizational improvement and strategy, celebrated for his deep knowledge of the Theory of Constraints (TOC). He’s made significant contributions to the Theory of Constraints International Certification Organization (TOCICO), helping it gain global recognition.

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Let’s Talk About Our Failures

Harvard Business

When you feel like you have only yourself to blame, listen to this.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Judgment

Seth Godin Blog

AI pushes us to do what we actually get paid to do: make decisions. Craft used to drive our hours or even days. Get the pen lines just right. Source the Letraset. Get your instrument in tune. Sweat the details, because the details are everything. Now, I can choose from 1,000 typefaces, and they’re all optically correct. Autotune has transformed commercial music, and the new AI grammar tools make it trivially easy to make edits or find errors.

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How Do I More Effectively Build Stakeholder Alignment?

Harvard Business

A senior leader must learn how to gain trust with his stakeholders.

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What are the defaults?

Seth Godin Blog

Perhaps they were chosen a very long time ago. Or with very little thought. It could be that the constraints that led to the default are long gone. They might be perpetuating bad choices, injustice or sub-optimal outputs. The best way to fix something is to look at what we assume is the ‘right’ starting spot. In persistent systems, it might be difficult to change the default setting, but knowing what it is and how it got there is a great place to begin.

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