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Here’s What Really Matters in Productivity Tools

Learning Rebels

What are your working style preferences? Remember, the best tool is the one that complements your work style and addresses your specific pain points. And don’t be afraid to pull the plug on a tool that isn’t working for you. Don’t let technology dictate your work style.

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‘Meet the Learnovate Patron’ Q&A with Sharon Claffey Kaliouby

Learning Pool

How would you define your work style and how has this changed over your career? . Some amazing people have lead, managed, and guided me, so I try to replicate their styles. Over time, I realized my background in sports played a big role in my work style in the office. They all have their ups and downs.

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Are You Taking Time for a Second Look?

CLO Magazine

CLOs can’t look at people, work styles, educational backgrounds or results in a singular way. In fact, companies like Google give workers funding and time to pursue new ideas. Instead of beating these employees into a well-worn mold, let’s learn how to channel their energy and work with them. It’s not uncommon.

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Remote Collaboration

Tony Karrer

I cannot claim to be an expert, and I feel like this topic demands a lot of soft skills such as communication skills, team skills, handling cultural and work style issues, etc. One was having a small (7 person) project team get together on a conference call and have all of us editing the status report real-time via Google Spreadsheets.

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How Workforce Dynamics is Changing Fundamentally and How You Can Be Ready

Mindflash

Strong trend of employers seeing flexible time as a direct influence on high productivity and work satisfaction and movement towards integrating these into their work style. You can follow her on Twitter , LinkedIn or Google+. Myriad of tools to stay remote but highly connected, including virtual office spaces.

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The 30-60-90 Day Management Plan: A Template for Success

Acorn Labs

Better Google Analytics strategy" isn't a SMART goal, but "Within the first 60 days, identify top call-to-actions and implement them across top 10 ranking webpages" is. Weekly catch-ups help uncover the team's work style; some will enjoy blunt feedback, while others prefer to have instructions over-explained.

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The 30-60-90 Day Management Plan: A Template for Success

Acorn Labs

Better Google Analytics strategy" isn't a SMART goal, but "Within the first 60 days, identify top call-t0-actions and implement them across top 10 ranking webpages" is. Weekly catch ups help uncover the team's work style; some will enjoy blunt feedback while others prefer to be over-explained. The SMART goal is useful here.