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The plan for a successful project

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Organize actions and steps based on priority and time line - For larger projects, create a work-flow document that lists these actions/steps in order along with level of priority. This is especially helpful when working with a number of different people on the project. Once complete, reflect on the outcome of the project - What worked?

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Are your work communications professional? Are you sure?

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But the best trick of all for avoiding this communication pothole is two fold: Set automatic spell checking to all of your emails AND re-read every email and document you send out for tone before hitting that send button. Separating the two makes all the difference for me. Agree, disagree? comment below please. Share it with others.

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How do YOU handle being slammed at work?

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Dealing with spreadsheets and organization charts and trying to get all of their information to match with ours is a big—and very confidential—task… one that falls to me to make these documents as coherent as possible for my boss… thus, I’m slammed at work. How do you deal with being slammed at work?

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I Shared My OCD Struggles with 11,000 Employees—Their Responses Showed Me the Importance of Vulnerability in Leadership

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I sent the marked-up document back to her. Photo copyright: Saami Bloom / studio: INDIVIDUAL™. The internal communications manager who I worked with on my weekly emails sent me a draft, and as usual, I made a few tweaks. But this time, I added two paragraphs of my own that described what I was going through. What a powerful tool.

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The 40-Hour Workweek Is Dying—This Is the Workweek of the Future

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Historical documentation shows they had at least 10-hour days and worked a minimum of six days a week. Taken from Thursday is the New Friday by Joe Sanok Copyright © 2021 by Joe Sanok. On May 3, 1886, a large group of workers gathered at Chicago’s Haymarket Square to support a strike for the eight-hour workday.

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GTD and Information Security

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. The company’s accumulated data – that includes documents, emails, voice messages, and all other forms of data – is a big portion of their assets. One of the common pitfalls in data security in any company is print materials or printed documents that are left sitting around in inappropriate places.

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Productivity Multiplier: Google Cloud Connect Now a Reality

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Copyright © 2011 Productivity Bits. It’s super-simple to sync the document you have open in front of you with the web-based version on Google Docs. I regularly work with multiple people on a document. Google Cloud Sync lets me send someone a document with an email link. Visit the original article at [link].

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