Avoid these tech pitfalls at work
Technology has made some tasks easier and people more reachable, but it’s also created new hazards to avoid. Executive coach Lindsay Broder lists a few things to watch out for with technology and your career.
Category: Productivity
3 tips for asking follow-up questions
Whether you’re hiring a new employee or deciding to partner up with someone on a new venture, interview skills are an important way to get a good read on someone and decide if you can trust them. Kilberry Leadership Advisors CEO Richard Davis offers three ways to ask effective follow-up questions and dig deeper.
Some OneNote basics
How do I print to OneNote? Can I move OneNote notebooks from one place to another?
5 party planning tips for office events
Whether you’re planning your department’s monthly birthday celebration, a retirement bash or your company’s big anniversary party, you want to make sure the event is a success. Deanna Arnold, of Employers Advantage, offers five tips to help you out.
Where time gets lost at work
Today’s knowledge workers spend only 45% of their time on primary job duties. The other 55% is squandered on meetings, email and administrivia. Here’s what workers say causes lost productivity.
Think like a rookie to find new ideas
Do you remember your rookie days—the ones before any preconceived notions put limits on your career? The key to being successful now, may be to try and think like a rookie again, says Liz Wiseman, author of Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work. Here’s how.
2 weekly emails save you hours at work
Most admins could cut some wasted time at the office simply by sending their bosses two standard emails a week, says project manager and IT consultant Robbie Abed.
SharePoint 2013 Q & A
Microsoft Certified Trainer Melissa Esquibel offers two quick SharePoint tips.
Make the most of MS Office on your iPad
The Office app remains a relatively new option for iPad users, but one that can really help you boost productivity when you can’t use your laptop or desktop computer.
Clean Out Your Computer Day is coming
Doing maintenance on your PC periodically can help keep routine problems at bay, and Clean Out Your Computer Day offers an official reason to do it. It comes each year on the second Monday in February; this year, it’s Feb. 9.