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Failing Forward: How to Turn Mistakes Into Success
Leadership 3 min read

"Failing Forward": How to Turn Mistakes Into Success

Fail fast and fail often. If you're not failing, you're not trying hard enough.  Entrepreneurs hear this ALL the time. It sounds like good advice, and we're all familiar with the stories of famous innovators overcoming setbacks to achieve greatness. Everyone from Thomas Edison to Steve Jobs has an inspirational anecdote where failure was an essential

Top 5 Reasons for Project Failure and How to Avert Disaster
Project Management 5 min read

Top 5 Reasons for Project Failure and How to Avert Disaster

As a vendor of project management and collaboration software, we talk to a lot of project managers. And we've heard all too often that despite every obvious intention for a project to be successful, the reality is that sometimes things fall apart. My belief is that the more you are prepared to fail, the better suited

3 Disastrous Marketing Horror Stories to Avoid
Marketing 7 min read

3 Disastrous Marketing Horror Stories to Avoid

Marketing teams battle chaotic workflows, long review & approval processes, and poor cross-team communication, not to mention changing priorities and ever-growing workloads. Read our cautionary tales of killer marketing catastrophes, and learn how to avoid them yourself. Chapter 1: Bad process purgatory Vague requests, muddled processes, and confusing priorities kill Kate’s genius marketing campaign stone dead. Everything’s

How to Use an Online Gantt Chart to Avoid These 5 Project Management Mistakes
Project Management 10 min read

How to Use an Online Gantt Chart to Avoid These 5 Project Management Mistakes

Not all online Gantt charts are created equal. Learn what to look for in online project management software that makes your job easier, not harder.

What Can We Learn from Project Failure? 5 Lessons from Project Management Experts
Project Management 7 min read

What Can We Learn from Project Failure? 5 Lessons from Project Management Experts

When you run a project, there are a lot of components that need to be managed together: information, people, time, as well as specific challenges and threats. Speaking of threats – even if you’re a seasoned professional with extensive experience, you’re never immune to the smaller or bigger dangers of project failure. If you browse

Startups: How to Do PR, Find Investors, & Deal with Failure (Work Management Roundup)
Leadership 3 min read

Startups: How to Do PR, Find Investors, & Deal with Failure (Work Management Roundup)

Welcome back to the weekly Work Management Roundup, where we bring you the best reads from around the web on productivity, work, and management. This week, we shine a spotlight on startups: how to do PR before you launch, how to find investors, what to ask job candidates, and even how to deal with failure.

5 Reasons Why Project Work Plans Fail and How to Avoid Them
Project Management 10 min read

5 Reasons Why Project Work Plans Fail and How to Avoid Them

Leading projects at work can be daunting, set your next one up for success by learning the 5 reasons why project work plans fail & how to avoid them.