Writing Things Down
Urban legend often speaks of a Harvard Business School study where a mere 3% of students wrote down their goals. Interestingly, ten years later, these [...]
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Oct, 2009
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Sep, 2009
A Busy Day… Getting Nothing Done
The Tuesday was a busy day for me. Just back from Labour Day, client programs are ramping up for the fall and kids started back [...]
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Jun, 2009
Social Media Sites – When is Enough Enough?
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace ... I sometimes wonder what I did with all my time before these existed. (And when I want to really get [...]
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May, 2009
The Bottleneck Effect
Have you ever stopped to think about whether you are a bottleneck? Bottlenecks (or constraints) can be huge barriers to productivity. Manufacturing companies that [...]
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Apr, 2009
It’s All About the Systems
Years ago when I was a management consultant and struggling to stay on top of an overwhelming workload, a wise woman said to me: “Ann, [...]
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Mar, 2009
What’s Your Crusing Altitude?
Have you ever experienced burn-out? If so, you're not alone. With too much work and too little time, it can be oh-so-tempting to put in [...]
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Feb, 2009
Time at the Top – What We Can Learn From CEO’s
We all face the same constraint: there are only 24 hours in a day. But some people seem to get so much more done each [...]
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Jan, 2009
Managing Projects – Similar to Shoveling Snow
The Jumbo Shovel Approach: Phew! I just got in from shoveling the driveway. Last winter I used a jumbo-sized shovel but I barely got anywhere [...]
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Dec, 2008
Managing Your Email – Top 10 Tips
Email is a critical tool in the workplace. So critical, in fact, that it makes me wonder how we got by without it approximately 15 [...]
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Nov, 2008
Project Planning
Spending Spending just a few minutes on simple upfront project planning can save a lot of time down the road. Project planning is often made [...]