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CDLINFO News: Your Life@Work
The Project Post-Mortem: A Valuable Tool for Continuous Improvement
Now that your team has finally delivered its project, there is one more important step before the team disbands: the project post-mortem. The name might sound forbidding (some people prefer … More…
Launch Your Project With A Brief Energizing Goal
Have you ever worked on a project team and found you weren’t really sure what the goal of the project was? Leslie and I recently attended a University of California … More…
Meeting Notes: Better Results with Half the Work
Is it your turn to take notes at an upcoming meeting? Give yourself and everyone else a break with a simple, cut-to-the chase method: record only what’s essential and ignore the … More…
How to Host an Effective Virtual Meeting
We spend our days attending lots of meetings, yet the well-managed meeting stands out as a rare gem. It’s not easy to run a good meeting, and in our increasingly … More…
Three Ways The Public Library Can Change Your Life
Sometimes the simplest and most obvious things in life elude us. With a degree in library and information science, I should be the first one to realize the virtues of … More…
An Easy Way To Jumpstart Your Strategic Plan: SWOT
Strategic planning doesn’t have to be a daunting and lengthy process. The goal is really a simple one: to help you understand your world and build a road map to guide … More…
How To Deliver Good and Bad News To Your Manager
Does your heart race thinking about delivering important news to your manager? Sometimes we strike the right balance of tone, timing, preparation, and approach and we get rewarded with a … More…
What Gets Measured Gets Done: Key Performance Indicators
We’ve all heard the saying, “What gets measured gets done.” It means regular measurement and reporting keeps you focused — because you use that information to make decisions to improve your results. … More…
More Visuals: Picture Your Strategic Plan
Your team has a strategic plan. Now how do you make sure it’s front of mind (and easy to comprehend) for the people implementing it? Creating a one-page infographic chart … More…
