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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

Allwork

And the key to good management — freelance or otherwise — is communication. Clear communication up front, and continuing conversation through regular check-ins and transparent project management helps streamline workflows and prevent confusion. Get specific about your project, deliverables and desired outcomes.

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Despite low productivity, UK firms still don’t look for ways to improve on past performance

Workplace Insight

A large proportion of business owners (65 per cent) and senior managers (82 per cent) have increased their use of project-based methods on everyday tasks, such as introducing measures to identify and manage risk. Despite this, many are still failing to assign enough dedicated project managers to the work.

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Improve the Way You Work by Hitting Reset

Jen Lawrence

In the fall of 2022, Harvard Business Review published the results of a case study done with the task-management company Asana. The goal: to reduce the amount of time spent in meetings. The method: clear the calendar.

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Bioteams: Learning from Nature to improve Project Management

BioTeams

Fabio Padilla from Brazil has written a very interesting review of Bioteams for his MBA thesis at the Universidade Católica de Brasilia - Universa. The successful application of Bioteams is not purely organizational and technological; it must have a strategic and projects management vision supporting its implementation.

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The Path to Chief of Staff Whitepaper

Admin Awards

In some cases, the Chief of Staff role may already exist within your company. In other cases, it may be up to you to create. CASE STUDY: JACLYN GAUGHAN. “After one particularly nightmarish project that I was left to do on my own, I stumbled across the Chief of Staff role and what it required.

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What happens to your website if you die | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Twitter,Facebook, your project manager, your to-do list app, Google Analytics, your bookkeeping software, or your email accounts? Imagine leaving a few thousand dollars sitting in virtual space, and your children never even knew it existed. And even if they did, they may not know where to look for it. Lexi Rodrigo´s last blog.

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