By Corbin Links
Let’s say a company hires you to support a big, really big project or program… You’re all excited, and at first, it looks promising. There’s a “new vision” at your client site, approved budget for whatever you’re hired to do, and even support from the C-suite and the full board. All seems good. But as […]
By Corbin Links
Do you work for an organization that’s big on projects and dreams, but short on budget? Find it hard to get your projects done?
Or, maybe you’re a consultant or coach who is constantly contacted by firms wanting to make an employee of you, but without the packages or incentives?
This is an increasingly common trend; trying to do gigantic projects on little or no budget. In today’s feature segment, I’ll share 8 strategies for the budget-strapped enterprise to address the “need a project, but have insufficient funds” challenge.
What diet do you follow? What plan should I be on? A few questions about this recently and I’ll share a few thoughts on diet camps, “wars”, and a sound strategy that works well with *any* of them.
In today’s bangin’ your productivity segment, we’re back to shiny tools! This has bee my go-to mail tool for the past 3 years now, though I’ve tried countless others. This is the mainstay and I’ll share 5 big reasons why you may want to try it for your self.
Lots to talk about today, so let’s get to it!
By Corbin Links
Congratulations! You have just been delegated to manage a really massive project budget. If everything goes well, the experience will bolster your resume, bring accolades, fame (well, maybe at least within your organization…), and possible promotion. But…what if things don’t go well? I think we know what can happen of the project doesn’t go well, […]
By Corbin Links
Monday, 9:19am… Happy Monday! Wherever you are, and whenever you may happen upon this article, I hope the topic is timely. This blast from the past, originally posted in 2007, is as fresh as ever. It deals with the perennial topic of big-time project management task calculations. I’m helping a couple new clients grapple with […]
By Corbin Links
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By Corbin Links
This is Part 3 of a four-part series on finding, hiring, managing, and ending relationships with virtual assistants. For business IT consultants or others looking to expand their businesses, this series is designed to make virtual assistant outsourcing productive. In Part 2 of the series we walked through the hiring process, including how to write virtual assistant requirements, searching and filtering and finding candidates. Today we answer the question “Ok, I’ve hired the virtual assistant – how do I manage them?”…
