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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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8 Ways to Avoid Pointless Meetings

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meetings (totaling 18 hours) per week,” numbers which increase as “management level and number of direct reports increases.” Additionally, non-management employees reported that only 11.9 How can business owners and managers turn around the proverbial time-suck? Set an agenda and stick to it. A 2022 Otter.ai Just say no.

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Want To Delegate Better? Try a Total Responsibility Transfer

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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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4 Top Project Management Tools

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One question that I get asked a lot is “what’s a good online product I can use for scheduling projects throughout the year?” Just because some of these project management tools have all these fancy bells and whistles don’t go assuming they’re the best. You can create overall projects and then create tasks for each project.

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Stuck In Back-to-Back Virtual Meetings? Here’s How to Avoid Zoom Fatigue

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Amanda Cross, content marketing manager for Nectar in Forrest City, Arkansas, instituted a streamlined model she uses with her freelancers and clients. “I So when you can create a meeting agenda that allows a little competition, it encourages those invited to not only attend, but be excited to attend to see if they can win,” Bihet says.

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

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So it’s critical to get a handle on managing collaboration. For example, perhaps your manager wants all team members to do a final readthrough of each presentation before it’s printed and finalized. Are you really the only person at your company who can handle a particular aspect of the project?