5 tools for tracking complex projects
Try to track the details of a complex project on a whiteboard, and you may quickly run out of white space. Here are five project-tracking software tools that can come to the rescue.
Category: Productivity
Checklist: throwing an end-of-year party
End-of-year office parties can be a wonderful way to thank employees for the past 12 months’ work.
Up, down, all around: Navigating in Excel
Have you discovered all the shortcuts buried within Excel? Try zipping around Excel spreadsheets using these keyboard techniques.
Free tech tools to ease collaboration
How many times have you come up with a more efficient way to accomplish something and wished you could quickly share it with co-workers? You can with collaborative tech tools, says Richard Laermer, media consultant and author of Punk Marketing.
Two new web services can help you accomplish more
Save yourself a note with Jott … Coordinate a meeting with Doodle.
Spin the web in your favor
How current are your Internet skills? For efficiency, take advantage of these often-overlooked Internet tools.
Keep your micromanaging boss at bay
If your boss micromanages and drives you crazy, forge a stronger relationship with him or her. For example, practice the "art" of communication, says Harry E. Chambers, author of My Way or the Highway—the Micromanagement Survival Guide. “Show that you’re in motion on priority projects by communicating in three specific terms: awareness, reassurance and timelines."
Smart new tools from Google
Track down and organize already-visited web sites more easily with two smart new tools from Google.
Tie ‘bonding’ activities to core values
Next time you’re tasked with coming up with a good “bonding” activity for staffers, take a cue from today’s event planners.
Put skills to work on a family reunion
Family reunions are on the rise, even though demanding jobs and full family schedules make them tough to coordinate. As a result, reunion planners are trying new strategies, including some you may recognize from on-the-job planning experiences.