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Sandglaz user chapters: Jennifer Vaughn, Marketing Manager at commonsku
Current gig: Marketing Manager for commonsku, a software company for the promotional products industry (those are the nice people that sell you pens and shirts with your logo on it). Working from:...
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Autonomous collaboration might sound like an oxymoron, but you’ll see it is exactly the kind of team mentality that will help your team get ahead. Let’s take a look first at collaboration. What is...
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Five innovative companies you never knew existed
A lot is said about innovation these days. We talk about how to encourage your team to be innovative, and techniques to become more innovative as an individual. But we sometimes forget what innovation...
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Most people decide what task to work on first based on the closest deadline. You look at your task list, and you see that the due date for one of your tasks is looming close, so you get on to it. This...
View ArticleWhen does laissez-faire management work best?
I have yet to meet someone who is motivated by a micromanaging boss. People are usually more motivated when they have autonomy over their work – when they have a sense of independence over how they do...
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How to use mind mapping to unlock team creativity
If you’re looking to be more creative in how you run your business, you can’t overlook this one essential tool: mind maps. You might have used mind mapping at some point in your life in your student...
View ArticleRestarting a stalled project
We’ve all been there. A project that you were really excited about deflates over time until it eventually loses momentum. It’s not that this project was a bad idea, or that people don’t care about it....
View ArticleAre menial tasks the secret to great achievement?
Martha Judelson cleans corporate housing. Every day she drives to a vast, bland plot of land 8 miles from Bob Hope airport near Burbank, California. The land houses a complex of 215 small apartments...
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Improve team communication with the social style model
As a team leader, your job is to harness the potential of each member of your team. Communication is a big part of achieving the vision of a happy, productive and highly effective team. The purpose of...
View Article6 ways to unlock your creativity
Is creativity something that you lost somewhere in middle school, or something that you wake up to every morning? If you’re like most adults, you probably feel the sense of wonder that comes with...
View ArticleSuccess strategies for the introverted leader
When we think of the most successful leaders, we usually think of the ones who put themselves “out there,” who interact with people from all walks of life, who recruit the best talent to rally for...
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