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Kat Boogaard

Kat Boogaard

Kat is a Midwest-based contributing writer. She covers topics related to careers, self-development, and the freelance life. She is also a columnist for Inc., writes for The Muse, is Career Editor for The Everygirl, and a contributor all over the web.

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What Is Lead Time?
Project Management 10 min read

What Is Lead Time?

Lead time indicates how long it takes to go from start to finish. Here’s a more detailed breakdown of the lead time meaning and how to calculate lead time.

How to Take Better Meeting Notes
Productivity 10 min read

How to Take Better Meeting Notes

Knowing how to take better meeting notes will help make the most of your meetings. This guide shares the best way to take notes in meetings — and why it matters.

Job Description Templates: Attract the Right Talent
Project Management 10 min read

Job Description Templates: Attract the Right Talent

Wondering how to write job descriptions? Find tips, examples, and a helpful job description template to help you attract top talent to your open roles.

7 Steps to Creating a CRM Strategy
Project Management 10 min read

7 Steps to Creating a CRM Strategy

Customer relationship management is the process of nurturing relationships with your customers. Here’s how to build your CRM strategy.

How to Create a Strong Contingency Plan
Project Management 10 min read

How to Create a Strong Contingency Plan

Your contingency plan is the backup plan you’ll turn to when the unexpected happens with your project. Learn how to do contingency planning with Wrike.

The Ultimate Guide to Marketing Automation in 2023 [With Examples]
Project Management 10 min read

The Ultimate Guide to Marketing Automation in 2023 [With Examples]

What is digital marketing automation and how can it help marketers reduce their stress and workloads? Our guide to marketing automation tools explains it all.

Why Your Operations Team Needs a Sales Tracker
Project Management 10 min read

Why Your Operations Team Needs a Sales Tracker

Sales is part art and part science. It balances a charisma, careful relationship-building, and gut feelings with refined processes, clear metrics, and data-backed decisions. It's a balancing act. And sales can feel even more complex because it's a function without a clear start and stop. Sales teams are responsible for nurturing and converting leads but also

How to Create Your Team Charter (and Why You Should)
Leadership 10 min read

How to Create Your Team Charter (and Why You Should)

Have you ever experienced conflict on a team? Friction and disagreements happen pretty frequently and, in most cases, they all tie back to the same thing: misunderstandings and miscommunications. Somebody didn't realize something was their responsibility. Somebody didn't understand the norms of the group. Somebody did something out of turn and messed up the workflow. Wouldn't it

How to Use Amortization Schedules
Project Management 10 min read

How to Use Amortization Schedules

Unless you're a whiz with financial mathematics, "amortization schedule" is probably one of those terms that immediately makes your eyes glaze over. Well, take a few blinks — because an amortization schedule is something you're highly likely to encounter at some point in your life. It's worth understanding (at least at a high level) what it

Performance Review: Templates, Tips, & More
Leadership 10 min read

Performance Review: Templates, Tips, & More

There are plenty of words and phrases that will immediately put a pit in any manager's stomach. I'm overworked. I'm unhappy. I quit.  There's another one that deserves a spot on the list: It's time for performance reviews. At their worst, performance reviews are daunting, nerve-wracking, dreaded obligations — for managers and employees alike. At their best, they're

Teamwork Works: Benefits and Strategies for Maximizing Your Team's Collaboration
Leadership 10 min read

Teamwork Works: Benefits and Strategies for Maximizing Your Team's Collaboration

Chances are, you've worked as part of an incredible team at some point in your life. The team members trusted and respected each other, people met (or even exceeded) expectations, and you all generally enjoyed getting your work done together.  Unfortunately, you've also probably had the opposite experience: working on a team where teamwork was a

How to Create a Monthly Work Schedule
Productivity 10 min read

How to Create a Monthly Work Schedule

Work schedule templates can make life easier for both managers and employees. Find out how to make a work schedule template and even get access to a free work schedule template with Wrike.

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