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8 Ways to Avoid Pointless Meetings

Success

Smith is a disciple of agile project management, a standard among software development firms. Sitting has become the smoking of our generation,” says Merchant, whose book The New How explains ways of collaborating for better business outcomes. This article was published in April 2014 and has been updated.

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BLOG – LIVING ORDER: On becoming a project leader

Ian's Messy Desk

Earlier this year, the Consortium for Project Leadership at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, started a new blog. The “Living Order” blog focuses on sharing stories and lessons learned about the leadership role in project management. You just finished reading BLOG - LIVING ORDER: On becoming a project leader !

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How to Become a Certified Coach

Success

In 2018, my Uncle Bill bought me the book Vladimir Putin: Life Coach. My 2014 was chaos. 2014 plus the rest of life’s traumas has made me a great coachee, but also a formidable coach. A helpful book, The Prosperous Coach covers this strategy in detail. To the uninitiated, the term does seem preposterous.

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

Success

Henry wrote her third book, Transforming Lives: A Three Step Guide In Becoming A Better You , and created Transforming Lives , a video show where guests share their personal stories about how their lives were transformed. Maxwell and Rob Hoskins’ book and mandate to do and help and partner with people to change your world. .

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VA Interview with Bec Baints

Karen Vivarelli

About Bec Hi I’m Bec and I’m based in Melbourne, Australia and have been living in this incredible city since 2014. I am a (huge) Pinot Noir lover, a bit of a book nerd, a photography novice and a travel enthusiast (aren’t we all?). I’m living here with my husband and our little fur baby Bailey (ok, so he is not so little anymore!

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Feeling unappreciated?

Practically Perfect PA

Skip forward to summer 2014 and the voices in my head were pretty vocal about running some sort of event. I sometimes would like to be a project manager or be able to take decisions. The presumption by a majority of non-assistants in the business that I only get coffee and book meetings in the diary. Seen as a secretary.

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My 2015 Year in Review (and How a Journal Made It Easy to Do)

Productivityist

So around this time I committed to using two tools for task and project management. My daughter’s story was published in a book ! I joined a book club. I received plenty of well-wishes, books, and Green Lantern paraphernalia. books at once at the tail end of the month. I turned 41. I started reading three(!)

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