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How to Hold a Successful Project Debrief

Jen Lawrence

When wrapping up a project, it’s easy just to let the work be marked “completed” and move on to the next big thing. However, a project debrief is essential to learning from the experience and growing as a team. Conduct a successful Project Debrief by setting aside the time to review and discuss. Set the Agenda.

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Want To Delegate Better? Try a Total Responsibility Transfer

Success

Whether we are giving our partner a task on our plate that’s just too much, or asking another colleague to take over a project, we can’t have our hand in parts of it after that transfer. Avoid falling prey to rigid beliefs or agendas. Instead, you have to continue to be around for support to ensure the project is completed well.

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How to Hold a Successful Project Kick-Off Meeting

Jen Lawrence

Starting a new project? A Project Kick-Off Meeting is essential to set expectations, address concerns, and engage all parties in the goals and objectives. Without this meeting, your project may veer off the intended course, take more effort than necessary, or may not even achieve its goal. Who should be involved?

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How You Can Combat Collaboration Overload to Improve Company Performance—and Your Own

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Sometimes, too many cooks in the kitchen (or collaboration overload) can slow the process, reduce efficiency and derail engagement. Are you really the only person at your company who can handle a particular aspect of the project? A lack of cross-training could negatively impact a project or cause service interruptions.

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Make Your Meetings More Engaging

Office Dynamics

or an agenda is created, the room is reserved, but the topics are not clear. Create a clear agenda. With a clear agenda and appropriate setup, a meeting can be spent on the main topic, not on distractions or rearranging a room. What process do you always use to ensure a meeting is engaging? Define a timeframe.

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Your Company Can Make an Impact—These Event Planning Tips Can Help

Success

The time is now for leaders to get “plugged” into the planning and help create a more effective process overall to execute both large- and small-scale events. Many meetings are unproductive or a waste of time, and meetings involving event coordination may become nothing more than project updates. Were there any unanticipated outcomes?

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3 Business Practices You Should Apply to Your Relationships

Success

Whether it’s a complex client project or a kid’s messy bedroom cleanup, a standard framework can make the process run smoothly. Under the direction provided by this coach, the business owners (brothers) began to transfer the tools, processes and models they learned from their company to their home.

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