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Meetings

Meetings, while sometimes necessary, can be time-suckers for both the managers and employees. Before deciding to call a meeting, you should be sure that a meeting is necessary. Is this meeting just about sharing information? An email should cover that. Good reasons for holding meetings include planning sessions, brainstorming sessions and follow-ups, if a project [...]

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Managing an Independent Contractor

Companies hire Independent Contractors for a variety of reasons: It’s cheaper, their projects are short-term, or they simply aren’t sure if the project they are working on is going to permanent. Managing an Independent Contractor can be a little difficult since they usually work off-site, but Inc.com did a great piece on how to find [...]

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Time Management 101

Successful people always have one thing in common: They are experts in time management. Time is valuable commodity, it is irreplaceable and it is very easy to waste it. Here are a few tips on Time Management: Deadlines are your friends Some people are afraid of the word “Deadline”. It sounds so final, so unwavering. [...]

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Project Management Professional Certifications

The PMP Certification Exam is offered by the Project Management Institute (PMI), which was founded in 1969.They have a worldwide membership of over 500,000 members in 170 different countries. Local chapters meet and discuss tools and strategies for project management. They started offering the PMP Certification exam in 1984. PMI currently offers 5 levels of [...]

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