This is a guest-post from Stephen Smith, who is the editor of Productivity in Context, a resource for articles on Productivity and Leadership, New Media Studies, and tools for organizing. Click here to read more about improving your life and work through increased mindfulness, education, and workflow practices.
If you’re going to be a Slacker Manager, […]
Recently I shared 7 Strategies for Effective Distributed Teams, and asked the readers to share their best practices. Sarah Heal stepped up to the plate to share her best practices for working on a distributed team. She also has a nifty blog called Desire Lines.
Here’s what Sarah says:
We’re a small business that has only ever […]
Via the Future of Work Weblog comes this great article about the 7 Strategies for Effective Distributed Teams. The 7 strategies they share are:
1. Introduce benchmarks to assess/measure performance
2. Standardise your implementation strategy
3. Understand it’s much more than technology
4. Be prepared to remodel existing business processes
5. Not right for some - Ideal for others
6. Maintaining […]
I watched a clip from a 47 year old professor giving his last lecture, as he is dying from pancreatic cancer. I thought to myself “What would I do if I only had 1 more team meeting to hold?” because I was leaving my company for another opportunity, preferably for an opportunity of my choosing, […]
In my 33 years on this planet, I’ve learned a lot about change. I’ve learned that it’s better to save change than to spend it, I’ve learned…
Wait! Not THAT kind of change. The kind of change I mean is the changes managers must deal with EVERY day in order to lead their team. I’m […]
Never Lose A Thought Again
About how long do you think something stays in short-term memory? 15 – 20 seconds. In other words, if you don’t do something with a thought, you lose it in less than 30 seconds. So if you want to capture those $50,000,000 and 50 cent ideas and everything in between, […]
“Recent research shows that 70% of white collar workers are unhappy with their jobs, ironically they are spending an increasing amount of time working.”
~Dan Miller, 48 Days to the Work You Love
If you are not satisfied with your current employment situation, then I highly recommend this book. Miller has laid out some easy-to-follow steps that […]
Everybody had little foibles that they sometimes hide, sometimes revel in. Mine happens to be pens. I love collecting and using them. Not only the fancy, high end ones but well design inexpensive ones hold just as much thrill. I’ll often find myself switching pens in mid-document just because the one I’m using just isn’t […]
Write It Down Right Now
What is the most important skill in business today? The ability to rapidly get things off your mind and into a system you can trust.
Why? Because the amount of information you have to deal with is so overwhelming. You have to develop this skill. Otherwise you condemn yourself to a […]
Dick Bolles is very well known for his annual book: What Color is Your Parachute? This is probably the best known book on job hunting and career change.
I love the image of a parachute gently helping you land a job or a new career yet most job hunters and career changers I know don’t feel like […]
When was the last time you tried out?
What did you try out for? Did you make the cut?
As the father of 3 sports-playing-teenagers who have experienced a wide range of tryouts I thought I would tryout for Slacker Manager. I feel like I am in a hockey rink about to show my backward skating as […]
Like the post title says, I’ve sold Slacker Manager and the blog needs a new author. Which story do you want to hear first, the one about selling the blog, or the one about the search for a new author? Let’s start at the beginning…
It’s been a good few years and Slacker Manager has served […]
I’ve been remiss in whipping up this review. I’ve been reading a crazy hodgepodge assortment of books lately, only some are business-related, and I forgot to post this one. Which is a bummer because I could’ve convinced you to read it a couple of months ago.
I loved Berkun’s last book, The Art of Project Management, […]
Fascinating article popped up today regarding strategic incompetence. That’s basically the idea that from time to time it may behoove you to demonstrate an inability to learn to do something. I am convinced that this behavior pops up in two specific places: one process-oriented and one position-oriented.
From a process perspective, when folks get overloaded then […]
My friend Lisa Haneberg has a new book out (haven’t read it yet, but look for the review soon). To help promote the book she’s riding her motorcycle, Purple Haze, across the country and back. What a great trip that’ll be! You can check out her tour dates here. Lisa also made this neat […]
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