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Lionel Valdellon

Lionel Valdellon

Lionel is a former Content Marketing Manager of Wrike. He is also a blogger since 1997, a productivity enthusiast, a project management newbie, a musician and producer of electronic downtempo music, a father of three, and a husband of one.

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20 Ways to Build a Happy & More Productive Workforce (Infographic)
Productivity 3 min read

20 Ways to Build a Happy & More Productive Workforce (Infographic)

Studies report that happy workers are 31% more productive, with up to 37% higher sales and three times the creativity as the rest of your workforce (Harvard Business Review). Isn't that enough incentive to keep your people happy as they spend upwards of eight hours a day contributing to your bottom line? The infographic below shows

The Top 7 Productivity Roadblocks That Crush Designers' Creativity
Productivity 10 min read

The Top 7 Productivity Roadblocks That Crush Designers' Creativity

We asked our own team of designers as well as design experts on social media what they consider to be the top productivity roadblocks, and present them here alongside some solutions and advice for getting past these challenges.

What Is a Gantt Chart for Project Management? (Infographic)
Project Management 3 min read

What Is a Gantt Chart for Project Management? (Infographic)

Today, Gantt charts are a staple tool in project management software. They show up in project binders, on boardroom walls, and in project management plans — all because they are able to visually convey what would take paragraphs of boring text. But who invented them? What makes them beneficial for project planning? And what are

How to Figure Out If You're a Workaholic (Infographic)
Productivity 3 min read

How to Figure Out If You're a Workaholic (Infographic)

Are you always working late into the night? Or pushing yourself to work hard because you want constant recognition by coworkers? Is it all to the detriment of your personal relationships? If so, you just might be a workaholic. Psychology Today calls workaholism "a soul-destroying addiction that changes people's personality and the values they live

3 Reasons Why Email is Dead
Project Management 5 min read

3 Reasons Why Email is Dead

Once you need to collaborate with a team and oversee a dozen simultaneously moving parts, email suffers from a load which it wasn't meant to bear, and makes it increasingly difficult to find information or consolidate feedback. Let's examine exactly how email reached the end of its usefulness in project collaboration.

Understanding the 5 Different Leadership Styles
Leadership 3 min read

Understanding the 5 Different Leadership Styles

Here's an infographic explaining the 5 most general leadership styles, each with a famous leader known for that style, and each listing strengths and weaknesses. Once you figure out which style your manager uses, it just might make it easier to improve your working relationship with him or her.

7 Exercises for Reducing Stress (Infographic)
Productivity 3 min read

7 Exercises for Reducing Stress (Infographic)

Check out the infographic below for seven simple yoga exercises that are easy to incorporate into your morning routine or sneak in on your lunch break to help reduce your daily stress.

5 Tips for Embracing Cross-Cultural Differences on Project Teams
Collaboration 7 min read

5 Tips for Embracing Cross-Cultural Differences on Project Teams

With the advent of cloud services and the widespread availability of high-speed internet around the world, it’s becoming more and more common for organizations to have teams made up of people in different countries, working remotely from one another, using technology to collaborate efficiently despite the distance. But with this rise in remote teams comes the

Are the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Still Relevant?
Productivity 7 min read

Are the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Still Relevant?

We review and revisit Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People to ask: are those 7 habits still relevant to a high-speed world that's heard one too many productivity and leadership mantras?

How Marketing Silos Damage Your Organization
Marketing 5 min read

How Marketing Silos Damage Your Organization

When marketing efforts are fragmented, and marketers are executing campaigns without unified goals or even tactics, there will be problems that will affect your organization as a whole.

Top 5 Product Design Blogs to Follow
Productivity 5 min read

Top 5 Product Design Blogs to Follow

When you talk about product design, you're talking about the numerous processes involved in creating a product — whether physical or digital. It must have functionality that answers a target market's specific needs, and it must have an aesthetically pleasing form. It's a formula that Apple has used with much success. But where does one find

Should Founders Be More Transparent? (Work Management Roundup)
Leadership 3 min read

Should Founders Be More Transparent? (Work Management Roundup)

Welcome back to the weekly Work Management Roundup, where we collect and curate the week's best reads in productivity, management, and work. This week, we lead off with an interesting story about one founder's risky move in the face of a potential acquisition. He made his acquisition process public and shared crucial lessons that other entrepreneurs can now benefit from. But it was a risk. Is this kind of transparency worth it? You be the judge.

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