Where is Your Focus?

As CEO of brand you, and as a leader, always keep the balance statement in mind.

Productivity, CommunicationAlexis BennettOctober 19, 2017More Than A Living, Accountability, Delegation, Good Work Done Well, Brand You, Communication, Productivity Comment

Keep Your Productivity from Taking a...Slump

Because you want to be efficient (we get it!), sometimes you just want to be debriefed.

Productivity, Project Management, Teams, ProjectsAlexis BennettOctober 12, 2017Communication, Productivity, Good Work Done Well, Productivity myths, multitasking, work, work life balance, project management Comment

Herd Workplace Cats like a Pro

Sometimes a project leadership role falls in your lap, maybe it happens more often than you care to admit.

10 Tips to Better Emails

Even without distributed teams that extend across time zones and functional areas, email has become a staple of our professional existence.

Communication, Project ManagementToby LucichSeptember 24, 2017Project Management, Email, Communication, Writing, Digital Communication, LeadershipComment

Organizational Vacuums Eating Your Time & Dollars

There are several institutional practices that have become something of a tradition in organizations of all sizes: meetings, performance reviews, and budgets.

Quit Blowing Project Deadlines

It’s easy to procrastinate work when clear, communicated deadlines don’t exist.

Project Management, Teams, ProjectsAlexis BennettSeptember 1, 2017Alexis Bennett, project management, publishing, journalism, Accountability, Team, Stakeholders, Project Manager, Good Work Done Well, Return Leverage Comments

The Cast and Stage Make the Project

I introduce and manage roles and responsibilities on projects as if casting for a Broadway play or movie production.

Meeting Management, Communication, Project ManagementAlexis BennettAugust 10, 2017Project Management, Broadway, Team, Roles, Responsibilities, Collaboration, Return Leverage, Rhea Hefner, Expectations, Meeting Management Comment

The Leverage Model: Solution to the Consultancy Approach

We launched Return Leverage to augment our existing consulting practice and to help effective leaders extend their reach.

Projects, ProductivityToby LucichJuly 27, 2017Return Leverage, Return Consulting, Toby Lucich, Meeting Management, Consulting, Staff support, project management, business, fundamentals, sprint, projectComment

Write Your History, Or Someone Else Will: Meeting Notes and Documentation, Part I

Documentation is difficult, time consuming, and at the time, writing down what was discussed doesn’t feel like it adds value.

Communication, Meeting ManagementAlexis BennettJuly 15, 2017Meeting Management, Documentation, Meetings, Productivity, Communication, AccountabilityComment

Do These 3 Things for Better Work Results

There are three good practices that are often forgotten in the corporate world, and which get in the way of good work if they’re not done.

Communication, ProductivityAlexis BennettJuly 3, 2017Communication, Productivity, Work, Don't do list, To do list, work-agreement, roadblocks, barriers, obstacles, deadlines, blake barthelmess

Don't Kill the New-Hire: A How to Guide

The new employee has arrived. Your team just got one bigger.

Communication, TrainingAlexis BennettJune 22, 2017Onboarding, Training, Conflict, Collaboration Comments

Why Your Next Hire Should Be a Millenial

It’s inevitable that Millenials will enter the workplace. We’ll rub elbows with you at the water cooler and play critical roles on future teams.

Workforce, ProductivityAlexis BennettJune 18, 2017Work, Productivity, Work-Life Balance, Human Resources, Hiring, Millenials, Entry level, culture, work, experience Comments

When On-Time, On-Budget is Only 'O.K.'

You scoped the work. You delivered on your commitments. You exceeded expectations when you look at what you had originally set out to do.

Projects, CommunicationToby LucichMay 23, 2017More Than A Living, Scope, Deliver, Listen, Project

Make Meetings a Place Where Work Moves Forward

So many people think about meetings as interruptions in the calendar.

Meeting ManagementToby LucichMay 22, 2017Meetings, Blog, Toby, Lucich, Work, Meeting Management, Efficiency, TimeComment

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