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10 quick tips for surviving the busy season at work

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– Mary Lou Parrott, performance consultant. Plan ahead and prioritize work with clients as much as possible to avoid last minute demands and rushed projects. – Jill Chapman, senior performance consultant. Create a prioritized plan. Take 20 minutes at the beginning of the week to prioritize your goals.

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Multiple layers of management: pros and cons of organizational structures

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With this structure, centralized management – typically a CEO – holds the position of power and delegates authority to leaders and managers who in turn manage employees through clear lines of authority. Train your managers to be strong mentors who can delegate control rather than micromanage. Pros of flat structures. It’s less costly.

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An 18-point guide to eliminating tension between leadership and employees

Work Life

Their wisdom starts with a proper incentive that matches employee contributions and ends with prioritizing an empathic leadership style. Aleasa Word, DEI consultant and executive coach consultant, A. Delegation isn’t about the distribution of tasks; it’s strategic empowerment.

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10 essential skills for aspiring managers

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Kayla McGuire , business consultant and project management coach, Kayla McGuire Consulting, LLC Prioritizing Being crystal clear, calibrated, and aligned on what your priorities are is critical for managerial success. To develop this skill, consistently ask yourself, “What is urgent and important?

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A Comprehensive Guide to Creating Your Productivity Plan

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If you feel like you have a few tasks that aren’t relevant to your role and future growth goals, talk to your manager about delegating that task to another team member or keeping it on hold for the time being. The first thing you want to do is prioritize your tasks. Prioritizing your tasks isn’t a once-and-done effort.

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17 Time Management Strategies to Help You Tackle Your To-Do List

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By learning how to prioritize, you’ll be able to get much more done than if you were multitasking. Anything in between gets avoided unless it’s an emergency—but at that point, someone should be calling you,” suggests Nicole Munoz, founder of Nicole Munoz Consulting. Delegate more. “I Tracking time is like a budget for money.

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The ultimate guide to what middle managers need in order to excel

Work Life

Yet investment is still disproportionately sent toward the top and bottom of the leadership ladder, leaving those in the middle dangerously unsupported, according to management consulting company Development Dimensions International.  That’s because they delegate the easy stuff instead of holding it close like a comfort blanket.