A spoonful of sugar spurred Jane and Michael Banks into spectacular productivity with the help of the Law of Attraction and the arrival of efficiency-expert Nanny, Mary Poppins. The most priceless gifts everyone has aren’t how much we can receive, or how many things we have, but what we do with them. As unique each...

Have you ever found yourself questioning how to manage underperforming employees at work? As a project manager, there may be times when you are required to deal with staff who just aren’t performing when compared with their peers. Either they are delivering work below the established standard or are missing task deadlines frequently, or doing...

The three primary ways in which humans interact are conversations, transactions and collaborations. This post explains each one of these and shows how each are important at times during our working life. Conversational Interaction This is where two or more people participate in an exchange of information primarily for relationship building or discovery. There are...

A survey by FMI found that around 89% of respondents faced owner-led project initiation delays in 2022. In fact, the situation is even worse in some niche industries, like the construction sector. For example, a 2022 survey done by Cornerstone Projects Ltd. found that – 28% of respondents estimated that more than 50% of construction...

Are you a student? Please note this offer is no longer available ProProfs Project is going to be completely free for full-time students. We’re going to give away the Small Business version of ProProfs Project (worth $19 per month) to any students who are studying full-time. This means that you will be able to manage all your...

As a project manager, what’s the first thing you do when planning a project? Set and define project goals, correct? Now, what if you’re unable to grasp the main goal behind executing a project? Or, the goals defined are too vague for your team to understand? There are a lot of aspects to look at...

If the latest industry reports are anything to go by, productivity snowballs by 20 to 25 percent with connected employees. For continuous improvement in business growth, it is imperative to ensure all employees are striving to set new benchmarks in terms of productivity. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that non-productive employees...

For many people, the New Year heralds in the start of new beginnings, the chance to make changes to life, relationships and work. However, many return, and nothing has changed, they continue just as they left off. It’s important to feel refreshed when getting back into a project, whatever that project is, as a clear...

We all know that increasing productivity in business has many rewards such as happy managers, happy clients, and of course the financial benefits too. However achieving a high level of productivity in business can be tricky and that deadline that once seemed so far off is now staring right at you on your dashboard. What...