Take This Quiz: Are You A Micromanager? (Infographic)
You read all the literature on micromanagement. You avoid forcing your ideas on your colleagues and friends whenever possible. But you still worry about whether or not you are coming across in a helpful, positive light. ...Or maybe this quiz suddenly appeared in your inbox from an anonymous sender? According to a survey from the book My
How to Answer the Most Common Project Management Interview Questions
Secured an interview for the project management position and want to come prepared? Nail your next junior or senior project manager interview with this guide to the most commonly asked project management interview questions and their answers.
Why People Are Ignoring Your Business Memos
Business memos seem retro but still have a place in today’s business world. Are employees not reading your memos? Maybe it’s time to update your template and adopt a more modern business memo. Read on for business memo best practices and examples of both traditional and modern business memos.
Bad Office Behavior is Risky Business
Whether you're talking about unethical actions or everyday whining, the thing about bad workplace behavior is that it's infectious. Someone starts gossiping over lunch, and before you know it, cliques of people are trading horror stories about the NSFW image they may or may not have spotted on their colleague's computer screen. And if this type of behavior is not nipped in the bud, it spreads throughout the company. It becomes the company culture.
5 Project Management Lessons to Learn from Superheroes
With busy schedules, tight deadlines and many other day-to-day project management challenges, have you ever wished you had a super power to help you cope with them all in a magical way? Inspired by interesting comments to our CEO’s recent post "7 Business Lessons an Entrepreneur Can Learn from Superheroes", we thought of a few
11 Attitudes More Important to Success Than Raw Talent (Work Management Roundup)
Our latest weekly roundup touches on 11 habits you need to succeed, all of which are more important than raw talent. Because personal success really does boil down to how you think. Plus many more articles on productivity and work.
4 Skills Managers Will Need to Learn in the Next Decade
The fundamentals of leadership haven't changed. You lead by example, you inspire team members to do their very best work, you communicate well and often. However, the circumstances surrounding our work are constantly changing. Remote/global workforces, offshore outsourcing, and an unrelenting tide of technology and tools have changed the way we work, and the skills
Climbing the Ladder: How to Successfully Move Individual Contributors to Management Roles
How can existing managers best identify those people who should be promoted to management roles? When it comes to developing new leaders, this can undoubtedly present a challenge. Here's how to figure it out and how to support new leaders.
How Neuroscience Can Make You a Better Project Manager
Disengaged employees are a very real and very possible threat to your business. A Gallup survey says that four out of five workers worldwide are not working to the best of their abilities because they’re disengaged. And that the U.S. economy loses up to $350 billion annually due to the lackluster productivity levels of disengaged employees. But
Unmasking Impostor Syndrome: 7 Ways to Boost Your Confidence at Work
"You don't belong here." "You're a fraud." "It's only a matter of time before everyone realizes." That is the voice of Impostor Syndrome. People with Impostor Syndrome often feel that their achievements aren't based on merit, but sheer luck. Thoughts like, "I have no idea what I'm doing," or, "The hiring manager made a mistake, I'm not qualified
How to Get Unstuck: Focus on the Future (Work Management Roundup)
Welcome back to the weekly Work Management Roundup! We took last week off from the roundup in order to bring you our April Fools prank. But the hijinks were everywhere across the web: while some people lost their jobs because of a GIF, others were wowed by imaginary products, and people all over the globe
Why We Complain About Work & How To Stop
Researchers say we complain about 15 to 30 times a day, and a lot of those complaints are about our job. Why do we complain about work? Let's take a look at what complaining is, why you do it, and how to get past it to lead a more positive life.
Combating Fear, the Productivity Killer (Work Management Roundup)
Welcome back to the weekly Work Management Roundup, where we share the week's best links to articles on work, productivity, focus, and success to inspire you to do great things. This week, our post title is an homage to a phrase in Frank Herbert's Dune novel ("Fear is the mind killer"), but we look at
7 Leadership & Mindset Tips for Extreme Project Managers
If your team experiences high-stress, anxiety, low morale, and burnout from continuous, fast-paced projects, you may wonder: what can I do to escape this situation? Before you go looking for a new job, know that all is not lost. As a leader and manager, there are steps you can take to fix the poor mental
30 Startup Founders Share Their Entrepreneurship Advice
When you've formulated a new business idea in your head, where do you go for advice on how to make your dream a reality? Your parents? Best friend? Google? These sources almost always have opinions to share, but unless your BFF is an entrepreneur, you might be getting just that — an opinion. It's better