You wouldn’t drive a car without a dashboard, so your sales team shouldn’t operate without proper customer relationship management. 🚗 You need cold data to effectively guide leads through the sales pipeline and keep them happy once they convert. If this data is scattered across spreadsheets and platforms, your customer relationship management (CRM) reporting will …
It may seem like January gets all of the goal-setting glory amidst the thrill of a new year, but many of us in the working world are lucky enough to relive this excitement three extra times at the start of each fiscal quarter. 🎉 Admittedly, this does look a little anxiety-inducing on paper, but does …
About to tackle a big project? Do your project (and yourself) a favor by making your project timeline ASAP. Take it from us—things get chaotic pretty fast without one! Project managers use timelines to break everything down into achievable tasks, which helps keep the project schedule and everyone on track from start to finish. 🌻 …
If all you have is a spreadsheet, you’ll be forced to think in rows and columns. This concept applies to any tool you use. Imagine jotting down information—ideas, meeting minutes, or notes from a brainstorming session. If you’re using a Google Doc, you’ll write in bullet points. If you’re using stickie notes, you’ll write down …
One of the most important aspects of managing a project is delegating work. While you may be a superstar, the fact is, you simply can’t do all of the heavy lifting yourself. You need team members to take on tasks so you can focus on other priorities. Plus, delegating work enables your coworkers to get …
HR and People departments have come a long way since Toby Flenderson put them on the map in everyone’s favorite binge-worthy show, The Office. And let’s be honest, your favorite people to talk to at the holiday party are most likely under your company’s People Operations umbrella. That’s likely because your HR and People departments …
From project managers and IT team leads to universities and government organizations, one task is common across workplaces: we all have to solve problems. The best way to solve a problem is to start with a clearly articulated problem statement. Problem statements are tools that highlight existing problems, offer context, and generate discussion for a …
No matter how many hours we spend staring into our dog’s eyes, none of us are mind readers. 🔮 🐶 Luckily, there are ways to combat our lack of telepathy in the workplace—especially when it comes to design concepts that we imagine so vividly in our heads but have no idea how to recreate IRL. …
As we grow older, many of us feel like time is running by increasingly faster. While scientists can’t explain the exact reason for this phenomenon, one thing is for sure—we need to do something about it! ⌛ Being more mindful of how you organize your activities may help you regain control of your time. Instead …
We are well aware of the do’s and don’ts when it comes to job hunting: do turn up to an interview on time, don’t have spelling errors in your resume, dress smartly, and so on. But shifting the focus, what are hiring managers doing to drive away talent? From endless application stages to late-night email …