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The Secret to PM Success

Project Management is a process. Project Management Professionals know how to use the process to have a positive impact on project outcomes and organizational profitability. The utilization of the tools and techinques must be thoroghly understood and implemented if the benefits and return on investment are to be realized. The secret to success is sound, pragmatic education and dedicated attention the people in the process. A growing PM professional never stops learning. He/she is always looking for a way to improve their contribution through effective use of the concepts of PM.

February 12, 2008 Posted by Lee R. Lambert, PMP | time management, success, professional development, personal development, performance, management, business success, business coaching, business | Comment (0)

Holiday Time Management Tip

This is actually from an article that I contributed to last year.

From: How can I use the Web to streamline gift buying?(Business of Life) by Bianchi, Laura
Source: Crain's Chicago Business, December 11, 2006.
Via: HighBeam™ Research
COPYRIGHT 2006 Crain Communications, Inc.

November 9, 2007 Posted by Niquenya Fulbright | time management, time, shopping, schedule, lists, holiday, christmas, balance | Comment (0)

"Excuse Me, I'm Confused"

This blog is to help share the latest tools in improving communication skills, eliminating confusion in business and personal relationships and empowering people to live their dream with passion

September 6, 2007 Posted by Mike Conner | visualization, time management, Team Building, synergy, strengths, speaking, self-empowered, self-discovery, purpose, prosperity, professional development, power, personal development, motivation, leadership, knowledge, individuality, finding a trainer, enterpreneur, enlightenment, employee values, effective management, concentration, communication, career coaching, business contacts, business coaching, build relationships, balance | Comment (0)

My time is your time...

Is time running out for you? Inbox full? Flagged messages exceeding the limit? Let's talk time, and how to manage yours efficiently - leaving adequate time for balance in our life. I recently spoke to a group of entrepreneurial multi-tasking women business leaders, and the common theme was time and how to increase the number of hours in the day to make things work. It is a challenge that we all face - and when confronted, can change our lives.

August 8, 2007 Posted by Sharon M. Weinstein | time management, leadership, career, assertiveness | Comment (0)

CPR for the Soul: the Luxury of Slowing Down

Last weekend, my 12-year-old niece and namesake, Allison Anne, visited for a new family tradition: Camp Allison. My niece somehow inherited my crazed addiction to crafting - give us a hot glue gun, Modge-Podge or sewing pattern, and we can go for days...and we did! Three days, to be exact. The crafting began on Friday afternoon with painted jewelry, followed by decoupage candles, followed by sewing a bath wrap, followed by handmade purses, followed by rhinestone nail art with mall shopping thrown in for good measure. It was crazy, non-stop, crafting mania for all three days. So you might be wondering, "What does this have to do with the title?"

Allison Anne is incredibly bright, catches on in a nanosecond and is completely adept at multi-tasking at least 4 projects at once. She is certainly a product of our crazy-busy environment, and quite comfortable in it. When it was time to slow down and hand stitch the straps onto our purses,

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August 6, 2007 Posted by Allison Adams Blankenship | women, time management, success, stress, self-empowered, life coach, leadership, communication, allison blankenship | Comment (1)

Take Back Your Life #3

It's been a crazy day and you have a 10 minute window to miss the rush hour crush...you're tempted to run out the door without planning for tomorrow's agenda. What difference could 10 minutes make? Actually, more than you might think. Time management experts use the 1:3 ratio: for every minute you spend planning, you save three in actual application or task. So spending 10 minutes at the end of the day saves 30 minutes in the morning. You can start your day focused and ready to produce, versus floundering and trying to remember where you left off.

Organizing your to-do list is just the first step of a productive day. The second, and possibly most important, is to identify your most critical tasks. Critical tasks are usually activities specified in your job description; tasks delegated by your immediate supervisor; and/or have the greatest impact on company profit or revenue line. NY Times best-selling author Julie Morgenste

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July 17, 2007 Posted by Allison Adams Blankenship | time management, stress, professional development, productivity, life coach, leadership, business coaching, assertiveness, allison blankenship | Comment (0)

Managing the Email Avalanche

In her groundbreaking book, Never Check Email First in the Morning, time management diva Julie Morgenstern states that email is "nothing but interruptions and uninvited distractions" and the "biggest time-suck of the modern work day." We all probably agree with that assessment at some point during our day...and yet, email is definitely a mode of communication that is here to stay.

Many clients complain that email creates a false sense of urgency by the sender. We assume that because our message can be sent instantaneously, it is received with the same response - surely people are awaiting our every message and request! In 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Dr. Stephen Covey urges us to distinguish between important and urgent; he claims that a truly important task should never traded with an urgent one. By responding only to urgent requests, (think emails) we

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July 2, 2007 Posted by Allison Adams Blankenship | time management, professional development, leadership, enterpreneur, email, effective, career, business, allison blankenship | Comment (0)

Take Back Your Life #1 -- Creating the Time to be Effective

Have you ever stared at your email, inbox or desk in despair? The reality of our work day is that we all have more work than is physically, humanly possible. What about those wonderful electronics that are supposed to create a paperless, streamlined environment? Instead, they create a mountain of work, follow-up and anxiety attacks. NY Times best-selling author and organizational expert Julie Morgenstern declares, "No matter what strategies we use, we will never - any of us - get to the bottom of our to-do lists in our lifetime." That's certainly not what your organization wants to hear. What's an employee or manager to do?

Simple - take back your life with intuitive and innovative productivity tools. It may mean trying techniques that at first feel awkward but reward you with strong results...For example, most people tend to be reactive vs. proactive: we allow our tasks to shape our agenda instead of evaluating the importa

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June 4, 2007 Posted by Allison Adams Blankenship | time management, self-empowered, professional development, productivity, leadership, effective management, career, business coaching, business, allison blankenship | Comment (0)