Professionally Honest

Honesty is the best policy. Except when it comes to telling your boss you made a mistake, or telling your employee their insurance was delayed because of a clerical error. While this kind of white-lie fudging may seem like a … Read More

Just as there is no end to the amount of complaining done about email, there is also no end to the amount of advice floating around about how to make email better. Hopefully, everyone knows by now that using “Reply all” … Read More

Since the publication of the Lean Startup, the idea of a Minimum Viable Product(MVP) has taken a hold of business culture, especially in nascent companies. Feedback loops are an important aspect of the MVP, where the shorter … Read More

Miscommunication Misery

Everyone speaks, listens, and reads all the time. But just because we do these things all day long does not mean we are good at them. In fact, it is our mistake in thinking that we are communicating clearly and … Read More

Burn Through Your Task List

You might have just come out of a team meeting with a list of tasks to move your project along, or maybe you’ve had a large project assigned just to lucky you.

The most difficult and … Read More

Communication: The real key to business efficiency

To stay relevant, competitive, and effective, companies today are constantly looking for new ways to be more efficient.

While a lot can, and should, be said about automating as many tasks as possible, the real key … Read More

Are We Clear?

How transparency can lead to greater business efficiency

Transparency is one of the biggest buzzwords around, especially when it comes to business or politics. But what do we even mean when we talk about transparency? How does a company or … Read More

5 Tips for the Designated Note Taker in a Meeting

Congratulations.

Lucky you.

You have been chosen to take the notes for this meeting.

Unlike your typical attendee, you cannot zone out and think about what you’ll have for lunch during this meeting because you … Read More

So you had a great meeting, everyone was assigned SMART action steps with finite deadlines, and it’s all linked up to your  Outlook calendar to remind you.

You have your action steps…Now what?

Now the real challenge begins. The meeting is over and now all your happy feelings are starting … Read More