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Quick Tips To Keep You Really Productive

by Ian Smith | Jan 26, 2014 | Prioritizing, Time Management

There’s a tsunami of data coming at you: emails, texts, invitations, workshops, invitations for coffee, blog posts, WSJ articles, radio shows clips from NPR, reports, surveys. How do you keeps things moving forward? How do you stop missing things? Because you know if...

Productive Communication – A Little Insight

by Ian Smith | Aug 25, 2010 | Communication, Compelling Stories, Management Help, Operational Tips

On one of my recent trips to the UK it occurred to me, as I was preparing for a round of meetings, some one to one, some involving 4 or 5 people, some required reports, some involved negotiation, some involved education – there was a little thought passing...

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