Nothing is more effective than consistency when it comes to making your company, or your performance, stand out. In a sense, it underlines the message you want to convey to stakeholders and customers regarding your ability to regularly achieve goals…
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Businesses need to monitor work to make sure that they’re meeting milestones. They also need to have a means of communicating that information to their stakeholders. Business report templates are a tool that can do both. Use these free 15…
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People seem to have been writing about planning for as long as they have been writing. No surprise there. No enterprise, whether it’s assembling the space shuttle or getting dinner on the table, is done well without a project plan….
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What Does OKR Stand For? OKR stands for objectives and key results. It’s used as a framework for organizations, teams and individuals to set goals that are challenging, actionable and measurable. OKR can help track progress, motivate employees and create…
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Businesses need all the help they can get. These 31 free Word and Excel templates for business help with everything from cost-benefit analysis to timesheets. Business templates are a great way to work consistently and not have to reinvent the…
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Daily affirmations have long been used to boost self-esteem. They compel people to start their days on the right foot. But while letting a smile be your umbrella might fortify your positive attitude, it’s not going to inspire your business…
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Leadership isn’t an academic pursuit. Leaders aren’t working in the abstract, but rather in the here and now. They are thrown into situations and must act. Their success is not based on clever interpretations of famous quotes or methodologies, but…
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Businesses are data-driven. By collecting and analyzing data they can make more insightful decisions about their business, whether they work in manufacturing, construction, professional services, IT or any industry. Power BI is a tool that delivers that information. What is…
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Businesses are always straining to look around the corner and see what the future has in store for them. Being able to prepare for the changes in the market can set up a business to take advantage of these opportunities…
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Some projects are done internally within an organization. They don’t directly deliver new products or services to customers, but improve the way an organization does business and that impacts customers. This is called operational project management. To better understand operational…
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The most successful companies always have one eye on the future so they can not only survive but thrive. That doesn’t happen without an organizational strategy to plan for the organization’s long-term success. Organizational strategy has many layers. We’ll first…
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Any organization, whether for-profit or not-for-profit, even governmental agencies, all have something in common. That is, they all develop strategic plans to achieve long-term goals to create value. To communicate this, organizations will usually employ what is called a strategy…
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There are many ways to approach budgeting. Two of the more common approaches are bottom-up budgeting and top-down budgeting. Knowing which is right for you starts with understanding both of these budgeting approaches. Let’s start with defining both bottom-up budgeting…
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