Guest post by Eun Rockwell   At some point in your career, you’ll encounter stressful situations on the job. A new assignment may loom larger than life. Unforeseen events like illness or family problems can cause stress. Asking for assistance too late has led many project managers to fail and watch the job fall apart.

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I doubt there’s anyone reading this who doesn’t use at least one calendar. In fact, if you’re at all like me or members of my team, you likely have multiple calendars – calendars for work, calendars for personal, calendars for kids activities… Calendars are important and we all likely use them. So what’s the purpose

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It’s NCAA Tournament time again, which means nothing to 90% of the civilized world. But here in the US it means three weeks of drama, gambling, and well-intentioned foolishness.  It’s also a good time to examine the role of creatively “wasting” time with social activities at work. First, we’ll start with the supposedly bad news.

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Routines are wonderful things. When we have a routine, we no longer have to think about it. We are able to operate automatically, freeing up our brains for other things. Morning routines are especially important as they allow us the opportunity to start the day off successfully and productively. In this video, I am giving

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We all go to a workplace every day and sometimes it is not that easy. We have to finish many assignments, make reports, and whatnot. But sometimes there are simple things we can do in order to work more efficiently and get our jobs done sooner. In this article, I will tell you about some of these small things which can make your everyday tasks easier said than done.

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I grew up on a farm, and so I have plenty of agricultural phrases in my vernacular, but actually all of us have some of those phrases. For example: Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Yep, that’s a farm phrase. And hint, I’m going to talk about it next week. But for now

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Over the past two years, we’ve all learned to work remotely. That’s been a great development for organizational productivity, but as Wayne explains, it’s not always a good thing.

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If you’ve ever been driving in the United States on an interstate, every so often, you’ll see a sign that has a number on it, a mile marker. You’re probably familiar with those. They didn’t originate in the U.S. and in modern times, but rather during Roman times. Marking progress on the journey with milestones

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Maybe is a powerful word. It can be a word of contemplation and consideration.

And it can also be a word of procrastination and delay, which is not as helpful. 

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By the time you read this, the new year will have started. First, let’s acknowledge that 2022 is not a real year. It’s science-fiction. Remember Blade Runner took place in 2019. That aside, we are at the beginning of a new work year. We’ve survived the weird time of year when we are merely guessing

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