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The Smart Way to Make Remote Meetings Shorter, Sharper, and More Useful
“Zoom fatigue” makes meetings less effective and leaves teams drained. Here’s how to make online meetings more productive.
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Are Your Lists Making You Less Productive?
Lists can also turn into a problem. When they grow too long, they stop being useful.
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Managing Complex Projects in Evernote
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The Problem with “Someday Maybe” Lists—And How to Fix It
Have you ever looked at your “Someday Maybe” list and felt completely overwhelmed? What started as a place to capture future dreams and ideas—learning a new language, writing a book, or traveling the world—has turned into an ever-growing, guilt-inducing black hole.
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Book Notes: Bushido – The Samurai Code of Japan
Book Notes Bushido: The Samurai Code of Japan Inazo Nitobe 2019 – Tuttle Publishing – 192 pages Dave’s Summary I loved this book. So many life lessons. “Bushido: The Samurai Code of Japan” explains the values and way of life that guided Japan’s samurai class. Written by Inazo Nitobe, the book shows how samurai lived by…
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Working Too Many Hours
There’s a good chance you find yourself working many hours and feeling like life is passing you by. Even the most organized productive person feel stress.
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Declutter Evernote: Merging & Deleting Notes
If you have several notes in Evernote that are related you may want to merge them into one.
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Helping Others as a Path to Personal Growth
Your ability to grow professionally may depend partly on your willingness to help others.
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Important Skills For New Managers
Becoming a manager for the first time is never easy. You likely got your promotion because you were good at your job. Now, you must shift from peer to supervisor and figure out your new role.
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Beat Back Procrastination
If you feel that you can’t stay on task and get easily distracted there are some things you can do to help yourself become more productive.
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Boosting Concentration Boosts Productivity
There are all sorts of causes for us to lose concentration. But when that happens, our productivity falters, and we get a reputation as someone who doesn’t care. But there are some simple ways to train your brain to pay more attention.
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Getting Things Done With Evernote: The Capture Step
Nearly everyone I know is looking for ways to be more productive. After all, there always seems to be more to do than we have time for, and we want to do our best at whatever project we are working on. So, we try all the apps and read all the books on productivity we…
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Most Popular Posts of 2024
Because I’m a ‘stats’ guy and a sucker for end-of-year lists, I want to share the most watched videos I posted during this past year.
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Think Like a Nobel Prize Winner
If you have ever wondered how brilliant people think and how their thinking compares to your processing of information, the book Into the Impossible: Think Like a Nobel Prize Winner: Lessons from Laureates to Stoke Curiosity.”
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Dealing With The Office Pessimist
Have you ever struggled with a colleague whose constant negativity or irrational behavior drags down the team? Here are some strategies for navigating and managing pessimistic colleagues.
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David Allen’s Tips For Using Your Calendar
David Allen, the author of “Getting Things Done,” has ideas on maximizing the use of your calendar.
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Book Notes: Mapping The Darkness
Here are my notes from the book, “Mapping The Darkness” which shares what we know about the importance of sleep.
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Setting Up Evernote
Evernote is a powerful tool that will help increase your productivity. In part 1 of this series, we show you how to get started and how to use notebooks.
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What’s Going On With Local Programming Cuts?
I’ve been following recent reports of how some local public media outlets view locally created programming on broadcast and digital platforms. WBEZ/Chicago will reportedly cut local programming. Sources told Axios that the station wants to focus more on the digital platform. Conversely, WAMU/Washington DC announced it would shut down its digital platform, DCist, to focus…
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Update Your Productivity Skills
Most of us want to be more productive and do better work. I’ve been a student of productivity for some time, and I think I can help improve your efficiency.
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Is A Paperless Productivity System Possible in 2023?
As computer hard drive space and cloud storage has become cheaper and more accessible, we are seeing more companies and individuals going paperless. Here are some tips that you can use if this is something you want to do.
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Will A Standing Desk Make You Healthier and More Productive?
Standing desks remain popular in the workplace, but they may not be right for everyone. We all want to be more productive. I’ve been studying the best ways of managing time and increasing our productivity. All of the research based findings are in my course, “Pathway to Productivity and Time Management.” The course will help…
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Suggestions for Organizing Your Stuff
David Allen’s ‘Getting Things Done” methodology suggests that organizing your files, notes and action items is just as important as actually doing them. Let’s look at practical ways of organizing.
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GTD: Managing Your Lists
David Allen’s book, “Getting Things Done” offers a number of lists you should be keeping in order to stay organized. But what about those things in your life that don’t fit neatly into one of those categories?
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Searching For The Best Productivity App
With thousands of apps that promise paperless productivity on the market, we can spend a lot of time searching for the perfect application.
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6 Tips To Get More Control Of Your Time
If you are stressed with an ever-growing to-do list, it might be tempting to throw up your hands and surrender to the demands of your work. Some simple time management tools could help you deal with your many tasks.
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Answering Your Questions About Evernote
While Evernote is easy to use, people have questions. In this segment we answer questions about your email address, fonts and document size.
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Good Leaders Are Optimists
Among the top characteristics of an effective leader is their optimistic attitude.
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5 Ways To Avoid Miscommunication In The Workplace
When problems occur in the workplace, they are often caused by miscommunication. Here are five ways you can actively work towards avoiding the issue.
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Are You Ready For Another Crisis?
It seems like we are dealing with one crisis after another. With what we have learned, does your organization have a crisis plan in place?
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Learn From Leaders: Crucial Conversations
We all need to have crucial conversations with our boss….our direct reports….co-workers and our family. Today, Dave shares some of his takeaways from the book, ““Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High”
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What Are Your Employees Worried About?
Organizations that aren’t afraid of addressing their employees’ concerns will see more productivity and have less turnover.
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How Honest Are You With Your Staff?
More than 70% of employees feel more engaged with their employer if they are told about the organization’s goals, objectives and activities. How well do you communicate with your staff?
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The Problem with Email
Did you ever receive or send an email in which your tone has been misinterpreted? Here are six tips to avoid confusion.
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Dave’s Leadership Library
It is a well known fact that ‘leaders are readers.” Periodically, I like to share some books you might consider reading if you are interested in improving your leadership skills. Mind Over Clutter – Nicola Lewis Does a messy desk always mean a messy mind? If you find that you are not as organized as…
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4 Tips For Communicating Your Vision
Even though you might have a vision for your organization or department, it is not always easy to convey it to others. We can learn how from observing Presidents Kennedy, Eisenhower and others.
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Keeping Millennials Happy In The Workplace
By 2025, Millennials will represent 75% of the working population. How are you planning to keep them engaged and with your organization? Or, are you resigned to the fact that they will move on if they can find a job that pays more than you can afford? That’s the subject of today’s LEADERSHIP PLUS.
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You Don’t Need A Full-time Grant Writer to Get Money From Foundations
On this edition of LEADERSHIP PLUS, some tips for nonprofits on how they can succeed with grant writing despite having a small staff.
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Your First Day at a New Job
On today’s LEADERSHIP PLUS we look at what you might expect during your first day on a new job. Where do you start? Your first day on the job will be hectic. How do you begin setting a good impression? Here are some ideas.
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How Your Board Can Assist With Fundraising
Today on LEADERSHIP PLUS, Even board members who are not comfortable with fundraising can still do their part to help out a nonprofit organization.
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How To Start A New Job As The Boss
Making a good first impression as a new boss is extremely important. Here are some tips that will help you get started on you new job when you are the boss.
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Do People Hate Your Workplace Culture?
The leaders of even the smallest of the organizations can take steps to create a positive work environment for their employees…and it will make a difference.
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Leading Your Way Out Of The Pandemic
Since the arrival of the Coronavirus we are learning new ways of leading our organizations. We still aren’t out of the woods yet. I want to share some thoughts to think about.
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I’m Truly Honored
Tom Langmyer, is one of those most respected and talented managers in the broadcast business. He caught me pleasantly off guard recently with a post on his Facebook page. Langmyer is CEO of Great Lakes Media Corporation and was previously Vice President and General Manager for WGN in Chicago, KMOX in St. Louis, WTMJ and…
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All Good Things Must Come To An End
Dear Public Broadcasting Colleagues, We are fortunate to work in an amazing industry. I thought about that as I sat and watched journalists win awards at the last Wisconsin Broadcasters Association awards banquet. Despite all of the concerns that local radio is dead or dying, some very creative work was being honored. It came from…
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Evaluating Your Skills As A Communicator
Leaders spend most of their days communicating with different stakeholders. Yet many employees complain that the directions they get from their bosses are often unclear. Moreover, even if the instructions are clear, sometimes expectations are vague.
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Are You Ready For Another Crisis?
Sooner or later, every company and organization must deal with a crisis of their own making. How you can prepare for that eventuality?
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Take Your Vacation Time
Because of Covid, this Independence Day holiday…and the summer…may feel different. But it is still important to unplug and take some time off.
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Don’t Let Fear Stop You
Sometimes I worry about making important decisions where the correct choice is unclear. I’m an over-thinker. Here’s a personal story about how fear impacted me.
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Keeping Millennials Happy Working For Your Organization
What percentage of your workers were born between 1980 and 1995? By 2025, Millennials will represent 75% of the working population. How are you planning to keep them engaged and with your organization? Or, are you resigned to the fact that they will move on if they can find a job that pays more than…
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