Category Archives: Management Tips and Tricks

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The Untold Story of How GoPro’s CEO Lost His Way

Nick Woodman: What I’ve Learned

Simpler is better
“As an individual, how you organize your day affects your productivity. As a company, how you organize your teams and your communication affects your efficiency. What we did was, we structured ourselves as a much bigger business. But complexity breeds complexity, and we learned that when the organization is structured that way, you’re not as nimble.

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The cure for an anxious, sucky life, in less than 550 words

To lead. And through leadership, you notice that you can’t help but get better; create better things; increase your skills; lead better; show others the way.

With a leader’s mind, you’re no longer focused on your pains. …

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The 4 One-on-One Meeting Questions You Should *Not* Ask Your Employee

How’s it going? … What should you ask instead? If you’re looking for a casual, open-ended way to kick off a one-on-one, instead ask, “How’s life?”

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Hire a Virtual Assistant and Start Delegating

When it comes down to it, you need to be sure that your assistant will save you more money than they’ll cost.  Start by tracking your time.

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The 25 best icebreaker questions for team-building at work

A new employee just joined your team, and you want to make sure they feel welcome. Or, you need to find a way to warm up a conference call between remote team members, and ask some get-to-know you questions for team-building.

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How to Be Healthier, Happier and More Productive: It’s All in the Timing

First, our cognitive abilities don’t remain static over the course of a day. During the 16 or so hours we’re awake, they change—often in a regular, foreseeable manner. We are smarter, faster and more creative in some parts of the day than others.

Second, these daily fluctuations can be extreme. “The performance change between the daily high point and the daily low point can be equivalent to the effect on performance of drinking the legal limit of alcohol,”

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57 Email Etiquette Tips to Avoid Writing Sloppy Emails

You may have heard, “Don’t sweat the small stuff. That might be true in some aspects of life — but over email, sweating the small stuff is exactly what you should be doing.

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Do You Have Trouble Sticking to Your Crazy Schedule? Try This!

The foundation is understanding when in your life you were most successful, most productive, and when you were experiencing peak performance. This will be different for everybody, but this is my analysis and interpretation of how and when I function best, and if you are at all similar to me, use this methodology, and this guide, or at least some variation of it.

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28 Successful Executives Share the Best Advice They Received From Their Dads

A father’s example and advice can inexorably affect the lives of his children. Here’s how more than two dozen successful leaders say their dads affected their trajectories.
1. Surround yourself with great people…

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How to be a more adaptable leader

If you’re a leader, before you issue instructions or hand out tasks, take the time to think through what you actually want to achieve.

What is the intent behind the work you want done? What is the outcome you desire? Does it matter how your team attacks it?

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5 Tips To Partnering Alongside A Business For The First Time

Last July, PaySimple.com released an infographic that discussed five amazing facts about small businesses. In the United States alone, there are 30 million small businesses established with more than 500,000 started up each year – approximately one business each minute!

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How We Automated Our Hiring Process in 3 Hours

This system was and is completely flexible and applicable to any business. You can add, remove, or even shift around any phase of the hiring process and you’ll be able to take candidate through a hiring, on-boarding, and training process…

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How New Managers Can Send the Right Leadership Signals

As a new manager, it’s also critical to share the WHY behind your vision, priorities, expectations, feedback, or requests. Don’t dilute your message. Instead, make it more powerful by sharing more about the context.

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How and when to hire your first full-time employee?

AN OFFICE IS NOT NECESSARY...

I always check for two things after I hire. One is ambition and the other is humility. We also ensure that we treat our part-time folks just the way we treat full-time employees. Also, before we hire someone full-time, we generally work on projects together.” …

 

Diksha Dutta Click the link to read the rest of the story.

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The Science of Overwork

Working harder can destroy your business. Work hard but smart!

Overwork kills your creativity because an idle brain is anything but idle. When you take time to rest, your Default Network lights up, connecting pieces of your brain that don’t usually talk to one another. The result is often bursts of inspiration and creativity….

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6 Ways to Energize Your Team

How do you energize your team?

As a leader, you have more power than you think. You will get more of what you focus on. Next time you walk into a meeting, consider, How do I want people to feel when the meeting is over? Begin with the end in mind.

Michael Hyatt Click the link to read the rest of the story.

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Why Leaders Cannot Afford to Be Easily Offended

What can you do to become less likely to be offended?

It’s not any fun, but it goes with the territory. And your job in the midst of all this criticism is to keep your head clear and not respond in anger.

Michael Hyatt Click the link to read the rest of the story.

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