I’ve been using the Eisenhower Quadrants of Productivity with my teams for many years now. You may also hear it called the “Eisenhower Decision Matrix” or the “Eisenhower Box”. It is a method that helps people understand the differences between “urgent” and “important” tasks. You can use it to create principles on how to best […]
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6 Areas That Stall Organizational Change
In 1987, Mary Lippitt released a change management model that beautifully illustrated five key areas for organizational change. In 2000, Tommy Knoster extended Lippitt’s concept and included a sixth area of importance: consensus. It is now referred to as the Lippitt-Knoster Model for Managing Complex Change.
4 Secrets To Compromise Time & Build A Superior Team
Time is a constant adversary in project and task management. Managers are often inundated with a performance quandary. Execute a series of tasks that they can easily complete in a manner of minutes. Or delegate these tasks to another person and take more time and effort in the process. The balance between completing these quick […]
A Doze of Agile-Dopamine to Your Team
My first doze of Agile-Dopamine A corporate training session introduced me to an Agile team. Their actions challenged the myths about many traditional corporate practices. Sampling some of their actions: The team was a mixed group of technical and non-technical members including the Business head. I realized they understood the need for cross-functionality, transparency and […]