Staying on task and being productive - especially in a work setting - is becoming increasingly difficult in the online age. Between emails, push notifications, and the ever-inviting temptation of the web itself; it can be difficult to stay focused. If you find yourself easily distracted during work time, then as the saying goes: there’s an app for that. Well, not an app exactly. A Google Chrome extension. These extensions plug right into your Chrome browser and follow you around … [Read more...]
On The Job Training: 3 Low-Cost But Powerful Strategies for Employee Development
Training your employees can be expensive! The 2014 State of the Industry Report by the Association of Talent Development found that businesses spent $1,208 in learning expenses per employee. For small organization with less than 500 workers, however, the cost balloons up to $1,888 per employee annually. And with cash flow problems being the reason for failure of 29% of SMBs and startups, you may feel tempted to bin the idea of developing the talent of your workforce to reduce costs. But … [Read more...]
Why Managers Love it When their Teams are Uncomfortable Working Together
When you think of teamwork, do images of comradeship, triumphs, and smiles come to mind? On the surface, that's exactly what great teams look like. What you don't see, however, is the effort it takes to paint such a picture. Good teamwork doesn't just happen. It takes careful direction and full participation from every person on board. Even then, you may still have people who don't always get along. If that is the case, your team may be positioned to become the best team yet. Yes, you read … [Read more...]
Infographic: 15 Simple Ways to Write Faster and Better
Writing articles on top blogs is a great way to build your personal brand. You get to demonstrate your skills and experience and position yourself as a thought leader. But let's face it. Writing takes time! Unless you are one of the lucky few who can write super-fast, you probably need some advice on how to pick up the pace and give your writing skills the boost they need! And you will find this advice in the infographic down below! What makes this infographic worth checking out? It’s … [Read more...]
How UnitedHealthcare is making Small Business Insurance Simple and Affordable
This is a sponsored post by UnitedHealthcare. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Let's face it. Small businesses have a lot of trouble attracting and retaining good talent. The most talented people still prefer to work for larger companies. And it's not always about a higher paycheck or a about the reputation of working for a bigger firm. The Staggering Insurance Gap One key reason is that smaller businesses don't offer the best health benefits. Only 54% of SMBs (with less than 200 … [Read more...]
How to Reinvent Yourself When Technology Takes Your Job
Isn’t it scary? The disappearance of task workers. This basic seismic shift is so frightening that we often point towards the symptoms rather than the truth. Task workers are progressively becoming unnecessary. For those of us who do tasks, if we have not yet learned how to change our lives, this problem appears to be unfixable. Why? We come from a history that didn't give us much on the topic of personal change. Is task work getting replaced by technology? Prior to the industrial … [Read more...]
Why Women Need Impression Management to be Successful at Work
The most important markers of a successful career are challenging, skill-enhancing assignments, recognition as a talented, highly motivated individual, and ever-increasing responsibility and visibility. A career with these characteristics depends in large part on the people controlling your workflow, exposure, and training having very positive impressions of you. Hard work and first-rate work product are essential, but make no mistake: unless your supervisors, colleagues, and customers/clients … [Read more...]
Productivity For Students: 5 Simple Tips for Getting Top Grades
At home or in school, it is easy to get distracted when you are faced with social media pings, online games, facebook chats and instagram alerts. No wonder, so many students find it extremely difficult to be productive and focused on studies. Wondering if you’ll ever be able to concentrate and write that essay you must submit tomorrow, instead of wasting hours surfing the internet? In this post, I’ll share 5 productivity tips for students that will help you stay focused and productive during … [Read more...]
6 Tips to Develop a Winning Execution Plan
Whether you are launching a new business or implementing a new sales plan, a 90-day execution plan that details what needs to be done week by week and by whom provides a structure that delivers successful results. This post is essentially the “deep dive” into how you are going to deliver on the plan. Why 90-days? It’s important to allow enough time to deliver a successful project, keep the team focused, allow for unexpected challenges to be resolved and time to pivot all while having a clear … [Read more...]
How to Boost Your Productivity With the Paper Notes Hack
Do you get easily distracted? I certainly do. I‘m always googling random things and taking notes every time I have an idea. Which is often. However, as a startup founder, it’s important for me to maximize the time I spend focusing on important tasks. Writing articles, working on our website, and creating product pitches all require uninterrupted deep work. Context switching does not help productivity. My challenge has been to tame my 'monkey mind'. Paper Notes Hack This is when I stumbled … [Read more...]
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