by Deanna Maio | Oct 4, 2024 | Building & Leading Your Team
Not everyone will look forward to change as a good thing. Remember the four styles of change? Not all of the people who exhibit certain styles will be easily moved to accept what is going on in the company. While you can’t decide on their reaction for them, you can...
by Deanna Maio | Oct 4, 2024 | Building & Leading Your Team
No one likes change. It challenges everything that we know and have accepted as “comfortable”. But, nevertheless, change is a part of life – both within the workplace and within our personal lives. As a manager who oversees a team, prepare to meet even a little...
by Deanna Maio | Oct 3, 2024 | Building & Leading Your Team
If you stay employed at a company for any length of time, you will experience a change or two. How long you stay with the company depends on your view of these changes. We know that every change begins a cycle that gets harder before it gets easier. While you may not...
by Deanna Maio | Oct 2, 2024 | Planning
Change is not a static process. It is, in fact, a cycle. Change can occur quickly or slowly. The latter gives team members more time to acclimate to what is coming down the road. Sudden or rapid change can throw people for a loop and jumpstart the cycle of change...
by Deanna Maio | Oct 1, 2024 | Building & Leading Your Team, Productivity & Time Management
Let’s plan your next project. The team has come up with a vision and objectives for the project. Each person can virtually “see” what the desired outcome will be. Now it’s time to make that happen. Running a project begins with planning well for it. It’s time to...
by Deanna Maio | Sep 30, 2024 | Building & Leading Your Team, Productivity & Time Management
Now that the project plan is complete, it’s time to get to work. Each team member has their marching orders to get the ball rolling. So, what is the project manager to do? This is where you monitor the team, stay in contact with the sponsor and communicate with the...
by Deanna Maio | Sep 29, 2024 | Planning, Productivity & Time Management
Now that we know about the roles of a project manager, it’s time to set up the major phases of any project. There are four basic stages and different agendas to be accomplished within each. If you have been called to manage a project, there are four stages that you...
by Deanna Maio | Sep 28, 2024 | Planning, Productivity & Time Management
As a small business owner, you have a lot on your plate. You may even be handling every job there is to do concerning your product or service. A project manager could be just the person to help you elevate your business to the next level. Reaching the Next Level Every...
by Deanna Maio | Sep 27, 2024 | Building & Leading Your Team, Uncategorized
How do you spend your days? Do you spend them the way you want to? Do you find at the end of the day you’re longing for more time? Does the end of the week come too soon and you hear yourself saying things like “There’s not enough time in the day” or “I’d love another...
by Deanna Maio | Sep 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
Getting and keeping a project on schedule might not be easy for a number of reasons. Keep reading and find out four key elements to making sure that your project meets the schedule. Will my project head off-course? At any given time a project manager has to consider...
