3 Strategies For Handling Feedback Like A Champ
The following guest post is written by Don Martin, one of Workgroups’ talented project managers. Growing up, it was common knowledge that the street in front of my high school was a speed trap. The street was wide and slightly hilly, making the 20mph speed limit almost impossible not to exceed. As a result, perpetrators …
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How To Get Satisfaction Out Of Your Next Software Support Request
This is a guest post from one of our talented project managers, Jennifer Petsche. It happens to all of us. We’re working along and run into a software issue or can’t figure out how to do something. We scour the FAQs page or the Help Center for whatever product/service we’re using, but can’t find the …
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10 Productivity Stats That Will Surprise You
The Bureau of Labor Statistics found that Americans spend more time at work than they do sleeping. Not all of that time at the office is well-spent, though. Here are 10 productivity statistics that will surprise you: Two full workdays That’s the amount of time we devote to Facebook on a monthly basis. A cross platform media …
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Why You Shouldn’t Work On The Weekend
How do you spend a typical weekend? If your answer includes working or thinking about work, you’re in the majority. Recent survey research from Enterprise Rent-A-Car shows that almost 70% of Americans work at least one weekend/month and even if they aren’t working, 61% report they struggle with not thinking about what needs to be done at …
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Why Only Suckers Don’t Take Summer Vacations
Corporate America has an attendance problem. The problem is that most of us can’t be pried away from our desks at any cost. In fact, a survey from travel industry research firm Skift found that 41% of Americans didn’t take a single vacation day in 2015. An additional 17.4% took fewer than five days off throughout the …
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Too Many Projects, Not Enough Time: 3 Strategies To Hack Your Jam-Packed Schedule
The following is a guest post by Don Martin, one of our Professional Services team’s talented project managers. As project managers, we have all been there before; for every item crossed off the to-do list, two more are added. Projects in the queue pile up and our dreams are haunted by impending deadlines. No matter …
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Want To Take Over The World? Schedule It For A Tuesday In August
Picture yourself in your creativity zone, where ideas can’t stop flowing and inspiration seems to come naturally. You finally solve something that has been hanging over you for weeks and now you sit back, relax, and and quietly celebrate a job well done. A lot of people want to reach this mind state, but many …
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