Spin the web in your favor
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Category: Productivity
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.
How to site-inspect from a distance
Are you considering holding your next big business event at a resort? Aim to site-inspect as much as you can before you leave home, advises Amy Pfeiffer, managing sales director for the Walt Disney World Resort.
Need some part-time summer help?
E-mail your job opening to Teens4Hire.org, which reaches about 2 million self-motivated teens across the United States who are looking for work.
Have them sitting pretty at meetings
Seating arrangements become the top priority when planning a successful off-site meeting. Here’s how to set up the room—no matter what the meeting’s size—to make sure attendees can see, hear and be heard.
Stop being so darn … available
Show others that you attach a high value to your time, and they won’t squander it. That’s the advice of productivity coach Laura Stack, author of Find More Time, who recommends using availability management.
Sir William Osler’s ‘way of life’
A ship is divided into watertight compartments. They can be either opened or closed to keep the ship afloat. Sir William Osler, the famous Canadian physician, used that principle to form an action philosophy relevant for today’s stress-filled lifestyles.