The Power in Constraint: To Move Faster, Create Clear Project Boundaries

One of the many things I enjoy in our “Accidental Project Manager” workshops is the ‘aha’ moments that arise when project fundamentals are explored and explained in practical, accessible ways.

Project Management, Projects, Teams, Teamwork, Training, Workforce, Communication, ProductivityMackenzie KochJuly 20, 2018project, project planning, Project Management, Accidental Project Manager, Scope, schedule, BudgetComment

Our Project Lifecycle

In each of our workshops, we’ll take you through our standard life cycle that begins with a clear understanding and alignment with your stakeholders, so they’re beginning in the same place, and takes you step-by-step through 5 phases so that when you finish and transition the work, you get to move on to the next project.

Management, Communication, Leadership, Productivity, Project Management, Projects, TrainingMackenzie KochJune 29, 2018project, project planning, project lifecycle, lifecycleComment

Rules to Live By. Rules to Break. Write Better Today.

As someone who’s been earning a living by putting words on paper, screens, packaging, and more for the better part of a couple decades, I’m often asked to edit the work of others.

Creativity, Communication, Productivity, TeamworkMackenzie KochJune 19, 2018Communication, writ, Team building, Kellie GordonComment

Credibility and Communications: How the Two Go Hand in Hand

Webster’s defines credibility as “the ability to inspire belief,” but it isn’t easy to measure or quantify.

Communication, Creativity, Management, Productivity, Projects, VideoMackenzie KochJune 1, 2018communication, credibility, compassion, competence, character, consistency, kellie, gordonComment

Communications Fail = Cultural Death by a Thousand Cuts

Have you ever approached a few co-workers in the break room and had no idea what they were discussing?

Communication, Leadership, Management, Productivity, Teams, Teamwork, Project ManagementMackenzie KochMay 18, 2018communication, team, teamwork, Effective Leadership, productivity Comment

How Videos Will Help Your Business

We all want to convey our ideas. This can be a thought you want to express to others, a proposal you want to share with a future client, a story you want others to understand, or a design you want to show off to others in remote locations.

Projects, Productivity, Training, Video, CreativityMackenzie KochApril 13, 2018Video, Productivity, Training, Teamwork, Team, Promoting, Creativity Comment

We Are Return Leverage

At Return Leverage, one of the key things we’ve come to recognize is that at the end of the day, all our work is about the people.

Projects, Teams, Teamwork, Communication, Productivity, Project ManagementMackenzie KochMarch 16, 2018Return Leverage, People, Process, TechnologyComment

Remote Work Team Challenges? No Problem

Navigating the challenges and rewards of remote teams requires adoption of a virtual mindset and it has to start with leadership.

Teams, Communication, Productivity, TeamworkAlexis BennettFebruary 26, 2018Team, Teamwork, Communication, Productivity, Navigate, Remote, Work, LeadershipComment

Procrastination Round-up: Do More Good Work

When you’re in a position for a long time or if you face a particularly daunting task, it’s easy to put it off. The ask is boring.

Productivity, Projects, Project ManagementAlexis BennettFebruary 23, 2018Roundup, Do More, Alexis Bennett, Good Work, Project, project planning, Productivity

New Year, New Focus

You’re tired of the race. Tired of working tirelessly in shifting sands of corporate America as an exempt FTE. But, you do it with the hope of the BIG payday.

Productivity, TeamsAlexis BennettDecember 29, 2017Brand You, More Than A Living, Toby Lucich, Toby, Lucich, Learning, Investment, Productivity

Collaboration Round-up: Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

The era of cog-in-the-wheel ways of work have quickly disappeared, as teams work cross-functionally to move projects and operational tasks forward.

Communication, Productivity, TeamsAlexis BennettNovember 24, 2017Collaboration, Return Leverage, Teamwork, Team, Projects, Productivity, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, Global team, globalizationComment

Align Investment to Strategy, See Results

All spend isn’t equal and we don’t just mean operating- versus capital-expense classification.

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, ProductivityComment

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

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.

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