How to Deal With Difficult Employees
As a career manager or even a first-time manager, the chance of encountering difficult employees is, unfortunately, very high. You need to prepare yourself in advance to handle the situation without causing additional problems. Even if you're one of the lucky managers who doesn't have a chronically cranky member on the team, there will always
Your Complete Crowdfunding Campaign Checklist (Infographic)
Launching a crowdfunding campaign may be exciting, but it's also exhausting. Use this checklist to get you through the hectic months ahead. It's broken up into pre-launch, launch, and post-campaign sections to help you stay organized (and sane) at each stage. Good luck! (See also our Definitive Guide to Crowdfunding Sites Infographic.) Want to share this infographic
3 Steps to Building Your Own Innovation Machine (Part 2)
John Wanamaker, considered by some to be the father of modern advertising, once said, “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted. The trouble is, I don’t know which half.” By using carefully designed experiments, you can do a better job than Wanamaker. For example, all professional advertisers today know about conversion tracking and
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How to Build a Best-in-Class Creative Team & More (Work Management Roundup)
BWelcome to the Friday Work Management Roundup, where we bring together the week's best reads on productivity and work. This week, we feature articles on how to build an internal creative agency, earn a 4-day workweek, unlock new ideas, and meditate for creativity. Not to mention many more lifehacks and work tips. Read on! How-To Articles: Build
The PMO Roadmap To Reducing Project Chaos
Whether you’re trying to progress through a single problematic project or are looking to rework your organization’s entire approach to project management, these six steps can serve as a roadmap to help any PMO find their own answers and manage their projects out of chaos.
3 Steps to Building Your Own Innovation Machine (Part 1)
Recently, I read an interesting book by Peter Sims, “Little Bets,” which brings up a really important question: can failure, in fact, take us further than success? The answer is: yes, if we know how to deal with it. While interviewing the executives at Amazon, General Motors and Google, as well as successful musicians, architects
Knowledge Decays. Here’s How Your Organization Can Keep Up
We live in the era historians call "The Information Age." With technology rapidly advancing, how does your organization keep up with absorbing and retaining knowledge? Read on to find discover the biggest threats to knowledge decay and how organizations should manage it and keep learning.
How Work Management Can Streamline the Decision-Making Process
In business, leaders need to make various types of choices. A work management platform (and decision tree) can refine the decision-making process and help you make better choices for your company. Check out our guide on how streamlining your decision-making process can make you a better leader.
Definitive Guide to Crowdfunding Sites (Infographic)
In the last few years, the crowdfunding scene has exploded. Now there are hundreds of platforms to choose from, with more popping up every day. But which crowdfunding site is best for your small business? Or charitable cause? We covered 26 Top Crowdfunding Sites by Niche, and now we've created an infographic with all the
3 Easy Ways to Cut Costs and Keep Your Business Lean
"When in doubt, simplify." ― Eric Ries, The Lean Startup. Small businesses are always pushing to drive profits and increase sales, but few fledgling firms truly know the ins and outs of cutting costs to maximize profits. Here are three ways you can effectively cut costs for your small business while keeping operations running smoothly. 1.
Who Buys the Cake? Tackling Gender Inequality in the Workplace
The past 18 months of increased remote work have made us all question what we want from our office culture – from whether a commute is really necessary to whether the "increased productivity" it creates is actually just a facade. After all, as The Washington Post reports, up to 80% of US workers are as
Creative Economy, Virtual Collaboration, and Social Media: Insights from PMI VP
Working for PMI since 2007, Brian brings more than 18 years of his product management, marketing and consulting experience to this global organization. Together with his team, Brian is focused on the ongoing engagement of PMI members, certification holders and volunteers, and leads a number of PMI's fundamental programs. As a person who constantly interacts
A Beginner's Guide to Ethical Leadership
Making decisions can be tough when you are aiming to do the right thing and make ethical choices in the face of complicated issues. Even though it’s challenging, being an ethical leader is crucial to having a fair and functional business. In this beginner’s guide to ethical leadership, we’ll discuss the primary theories and why
Stop Customer Churn in Its Tracks! Tips to Improve Retention and Revenue From the Inside Out
The customer churn rate is huge after a single negative experience with a company — more than half of customers won’t return. Reasons for customer churn vary, but the problem stays the same: Companies must determine why customers are leaving, as well as ways to reduce customer churn. Check out this webinar for more information.
Uncovering the Hidden Costs of Unengaged Employees
The signs of unengaged employees can be a gradual, subtle process and cost billions of dollars a year in lost profits and wasted resources. Read our list to discover the hidden costs of unengaged employees and how they can directly affect your bottom line.
Work Skills You Need on Your Resume in 2021
Navigating the highly competitive job market can be brutal. In a recent Jobvite survey, nearly three in four respondents said they believe finding a job has become much harder following the pandemic. It’s clearer now more than ever how important it is for your resume to stand out. In fact, nearly 24% of hiring managers spend
What Is Psychological Safety at Work? How to Achieve it
What makes a team effective? A few years back, that was the question plaguing Google’s leadership. When they set out to find the answer, they conducted over 200 interviews, examined 250 different attributes, and studied over 180 Google teams. But they only came up with a few answers. The first variable they identified was psychological safety. According
