You’ve been there before – a mountain of paperwork piled on your desk, numerous deadlines hanging over you like a dark cloud, and the feeling of drowning in a sea of endless assignments. Then your boss pops in and asks if you have time to take on another project for them.

Whether you’re crunching to hit your numbers at the end of the quarter or your team just has more work than people to do it, an imbalance in your workload is bound to happen at some point in your career. Because most employees don’t create their own schedules, speaking out when the workload becomes too much is easier said than done.
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Corporate life is busy for managers and employees, but more so for business owners. Being an owner and leader means you don’t get off the clock—you are always working.

And as exhilarating as it can be to make your job your life, the demands of such a working lifestyle can be detrimental in the long run.
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Building a great team is a process.

It’s not always easy, but when it works, it creates a team that’s a major force and a key aspect for project success.

When building up a team, a few principles should be established right from the start. If implemented correctly, they become the basis from which the team draws their strength.

These principles are: leading by example, good communication, and reliability.
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A business can’t thrive without an audience, and business owners can’t thrive without friends.

The power of a diverse professional network is stunning, when you think about it. The people you know in your industry are more than people you say hello to at a conference every few months or so.
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Many people say that the way you approach your day can make or break your productivity.

In this article from our “Start the day productively” series we’re exploring the critical first three hours of our day at work, and what is best to do in those hours.
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A startup’s journey is made of excitement, anxiety, success, and sometimes failure.

Along the way, it’s important that those who carry the vision – the founders – keep a steady pace for everybody, on every step. Managing people and resources in a fast-paced startup environment it’s hard indeed. Startup founders have to be particularly careful about how they manage their time.
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Have you ever started a new project with the uncomfortable feeling that it’s going to fail?

Any person who’s had experience as a project manager knows that all projects hit bumps along the road. It’s part of the game.

However, I’m sure it has happened to any project manager: to begin with the unpleasant feeling that the project will, indeed, go wrong.
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You can’t have it all. You can’t do it all, either.

When we have too much on our plate at work, it can result in us performing poorly at tasks we would otherwise be good at if we weren’t up to our ears in obligations.  If only there was a way to relieve ourselves of some of those responsibilities so we could better focus our efforts to be more productive.

Oh wait, there is. It’s called delegation.
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