Project management communication tips to keep you in touch with your team The single most important element of project management is communication. Communication isn’t just being able to articulate each team member’s tasks and responsibilities succinctly, but also to listen to concerns and issues as they arise and to provide valuable support to your team as [...]

Perhaps the greatest combat cheat sheet in the history of military endeavours, Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” not only got him the title of the greatest military mind of all time, but his treatise has won widespread acclaim for the pearls of wisdom it contains. “What does “The Art of War” have to do [...]

Getting projects delivered on time and in budget is a tough task for the project management expert. But getting them in on time while remaining cool, calm and collected while building relationships with your team is the stuff of the project management legend. So what exactly is this ‘Zen’ business anyway? Zen is a state [...]

It’s every employee’s dream to get noticed by upper level executives in the workplace. Everyone wants to shine in hopes that it will help them crawl up the ladder to success and, most importantly, job security. If you want a chance to turn heads in the workplace and have your potential truly realized and appreciated, [...]

Google Docs has been around for a little while now. Businesses are adopting the tool as a way to increase efficiency and usability of information. I have yet to work for a business that actively uses Google Docs on a daily basis, but I can certainly see the benefits and the drawbacks to using the [...]

To be a project management guru, you must think like a project management guru Project management isn’t for sissies; it’s a combination of great organizational and people skills, nerves of steel and the visionary capabilities of the Oracle of Delphi. The best way to go about project management is to study the top 2% and [...]

Sometimes technology makes me feel like a 60 year-old mom trying to operate a VCR or – God forbid – a GPS. I feel confused, old, and mostly sure that the device is in fact, not working properly. And try as I might to stay on top of marketing, technology and business trends, there is [...]

All project managers constantly seek to improve their skills for the benefit of their projects. Without knowing all the inside tips and tricks of project management, a project manager can get lost in the weeds and the project can subsequently suffer. You could fill an entire book with everything you don’t learn in school about [...]

Drive traffic to your site and increase sales with this dynamic CRM tool Effective Customer Relationship Management (CRM) doesn’t just mean bombarding your customers with advertising. CRM, rather, is the art of forming a mutually beneficial relationship with your target audience. While your customers provide you with a financial reward, you can repay their loyalty [...]

Pie charts, statistics, keywords, flowcharts. Are you rolling your eyes yet? Well, stop it. These are just a few examples of how visual analytics and infographics have transformed the way we interpret and mobilize data. Just imagine what life would be like if instead of using charts and images, we were forced to understand complicated [...]