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Top 11 Ground Rules for Conducting a Strategic Planning Session
Conducting a good strategic planning session is critical to the success of a solid strategic plan; one that includes specific and measurable goals and objectives, providing a clear direction for the organization. To ensure that the actual planning retreat is as productive as it can be, ground rules should be established and discussed prior to commencement. This article provides a list of 11 ground rules I believe are imperative in managing a successful planning retreat.
Managing Communication in the Office
Are you overwhelmed with all the communication demands in your office? Do you feel like you have too many tools that were suppose to make communication easier yet it seems to be harder than ever? Increase your productivity by understanding your communication needs and leveraging equipment to meet those needs.

Your Sanity Savers - Have Time for the Good Life - Part One
Interruptions can be a huge time waster! Today there are more ways than ever to get interrupted, someone at your door, phone, cell phone, pager, instant messaging, email and more. Gain control of your environment by practicing some of these tips. The following tips will help you gain control of your time and your sanity!
Protect Your Time, Don't Solve Everyone's Problems
How much time do you spend solving everyone else's problems? At one of my workshops when we were looking at how to save time with unnecessary interruptions from other team members… one of the business owners said he tells his team ‘do not bring me problems, bring me solutions'. What he meant by this is whenever they come in to see him with a problem or face a challenging situation, they must also provide at least two solutions.

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Top Ten Ways to Manage Interruptions
So many people I worked with said they got more work done at home than in the office. That was because there were so many interruptions in the office. In fact lots of people come in early or stay late just to have quiet time to work. One way to have that same quiet time during the day is to manage interruptions. Look for ways to create a “Power hour” of work time. Maybe this will allow you to get home earlier!

The Undersea Internet World
The Internet spans the globe delivering communications -- personal and professional -- almost instantly to every corner of the spinning sphere. The problem is there are interruptions and sometimes they are difficult to repair when they are under the ocean.
Making Time for Team Building Relationships
Whatever else you are doing - STOP! - whenever you engage with someone in conversation. Ignore pagers. Put off interruptions. At the very least make sure that you 'honour' the space that you have when you are in any sort of one-to-one with someone else...
Protect Your Time, Don't Solve Everyone's Problems
How much time do you spend solving everyone else's problems? At one of my workshops when we were looking at how to save time with unnecessary interruptions from other team members… one of the business owners said he tells his team ‘do not bring me problems, bring me solutions'. What he meant by this is whenever they come in to see him with a problem or face a challenging situation, they must also provide at least two solutions.

How to Dispose of Negative People in 7 simple steps
Compelling reasons and actions steps to erradicate distractions, interruptions and frictions that negatively impact the course of our business as well as our lives.
Control your email and phone calls - simple strategies that really work
Too many phone calls and e mails can stress out a solo professional. Follow the practical tips in this article to help get you out of overwhelm and regain control of incoming interruptions.
Google Slap, To understand why this is happening
Understand why Google is closing accounts, to avoid any future interruptions
How to Get Found
The reality is that people and technology is getting better and better a blocking out unwanted interruptions-aka, “marketing.”

HOW TO STAY COOL AND IN CONTROL WHEN DEALING WITH INTERRUPTIONS
"The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions."André Maurois, 19th century author Gee, thanks for the tip, André . Under benign circumstances, interruptions are, at best, annoying. When you're under the gun with a tight deadline, verging on panic, they can push you over the edge in a gritted-teeth-bulging-neck-vein "LEAVE. ME. ALONE." kind of way. Because they're unpredictable, interruptions exacerbate our feeling of not being in control. Think about it: a phone call is less disruptive - even if it's unscheduled and breaks the continuity of what you're doing - if it's expected. So, since enraged and reactive is probably not where you wanna be, let's talk about a few things you can do to regain and maintain a sense of control: 1. LIMIT POTENTIAL INPUTS.
Help Is Close At Hand
Two ways to reduce interruptions are to temporarily shift your work place or your work time. But that isn't always possible or convenient, and sometimes you do get interrupted during your work day. And if it's an interruption from somebody who needs help, you might need to handle it. Fortunately, the Internet does offer some useful tools to help you manage - and in some cases, eliminate - your interruptions.
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