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  • How Org Charts Will Help All Departments in Your Business
    Published 14 June 2009
    Departing employees can have a tremendous impact on an organization – especially if the employee is one of the “Top Dogs.”...
  • Is Your Organization Built to Last?
    Published 3 June 2009
    Built to Last contains all of their research, analysis, and conclusions and I wanted to discuss some of the points that are highly relevant to what we’ve discussed at Working Smarter....
  • Four Tips for “Beefing Up” Your Problem-Solving Tool Box – Part Four
    Published 4 May 2009
    This is part four of a four-part guest post contributed by Fred Nickols , Managing Partner of Distance Consulting LLC. All four parts focus on improving your problem solving efforts. Tip #4: Draw pictures of the structure of the problem A picture or model...
  • Four Tips for “Beefing Up” Your Problem-Solving Tool Box – Part Three
    Published 29 April 2009
    This is part three of a four-part guest post contributed by Fred Nickols , Managing Partner of Distance Consulting LLC. All four parts focus on improving your problem solving efforts. Tip #3: Think of problem solving as a “cover-the-bases” activity Information...
  • Four Tips for “Beefing Up” Your Problem-Solving Tool Box – Part Two
    Published 27 April 2009
    This is part two of a four-part guest post contributed by Fred Nickols , Managing Partner of Distance Consulting LLC. All four parts focus on improving your problem solving efforts. Tip #2: Be clear about all of your goals and objectives Ultimately, the...
  • Four Tips for “Beefing Up” Your Problem Solving Tool Box – Part One
    Published 21 April 2009
    This is part one of a four-part guest post contributed by Fred Nickols , Managing Partner of Distance Consulting LLC. All four parts focus on improving your problem solving efforts. Introduction Problems come in all sizes, shapes, and colors. There is...
  • The Four Most Common Marketing Mistakes Every Manager Makes
    Published 9 April 2009
    Mistakes result in lost business, time, and resources. Nobody is perfect, but it is everyone’s responsibility to minimize errors and make the best decisions possible. Below are examples of routinely made poor decisions and big picture blunders that...
  • How to Prevent Mistakes Before They Happen
    Published 31 March 2009
    Over this past quarter my team at SmartDraw worked on a slew of new and experimental initiatives – nobody had any truly applicable prior experience with this particular type of work. As a result there was confusion amongst the team regarding responsibilities...
  • Three Ways to Empower Your Employees
    Published 30 March 2009
    How many times have you handed a project off to your team, only to have many of the tasks delegated back to you? You know how it goes – you hold a meeting to introduce the project, you delegate responsibilities to the team, and before you know it...


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