Email is a major security threat. While restaurants, hotels, movie theaters, and sports stadiums are now open to full capacity and our overall social lives are returning to normal, our work lives have changed. More than ever before, we are working, buying and selling, and networking virtually. With this new normal, ransomware and overall cybercrime […]
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When you think about it, task management from a manager’s perspective is all about team management. For team members, it’s about getting work done on time and getting it done right. Staying on time, on budget, and delivering a consistent, quality work product means having and executing a task management plan. The best plans have
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It’s time to stop wasting time… One of the more challenging aspects of our day-to-day work lives is figuring out what to do and when to do it. Workweeks are a blur of meetings, email, and IM and phone conversations. Mixed in is the time we spend completing tasks and planning out and managing upcoming work.
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Identifying and prioritizing tasks sent in email can be challenging. Think about it. You receive an email informing you of a key task, with a critical due date, and with multiple attachments. Then you receive another email and then another. Bing, bing, bing… Before you know it, the task is buried in your inbox, mixed
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Your organization likely deals with hundreds of documents each day. But it is becoming more and more apparent that most tools are not effective when it comes to document management. It can be difficult to find and incorporate into your environment, a tool that allows multi-user editing, like Share-Point from Microsoft which can speed up the editing
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Task redundancy can be defined in a few different ways. First, task redundancy can refer to a basic task that is not required to achieve the deliverable, not required for the project completion or has no bearing on the completion or outcome of the project. It may also refer to a task that has been
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Establishing performance metrics and accountability is helpful, however, it will not work unless everyone is on the same page. In the new post-pandemic paradigm, fewer teams are physically working in the same space, which makes communication between team members even more important. When your workforce isn’t in sync with the overarching goals and plans, the
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With performance metrics in place, your team will know what they should be focused on accomplishing. With the addition of a task management system, everyone is on the same screen and can see the progress of a project in front of them, rather than over emails and spreadsheets, which can be easily lost or misplaced.
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One of the best ways to keep your team on track is through performance metrics. With the onset of a greatly increased remote workforce, it is more difficult to tell how effective your team is, and performance metrics are important to an organization’s success. Organizations must select their main performance metrics and focus on these
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Over time, many organizations add multiple tools to meet different needs. With too many tools at your disposal, your team members are more likely to get confused and uncoordinated . Not only will they have to go to various places to get the information they need, but this may also affect scheduled completion dates. Consolidation of tools
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