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When running a project, ideally, you’ll set up a plan, and your team members will carry it through to the end with no hiccups along the way. Then reality hits, and you realize your project is going to require flexibility — and potentially quite a bit of it — to reach a successful conclusion. This… (more) The 6 Best Agile Project Management Tools
Asana is one of the world’s best-known tools for working together. While it lacks the structure of a tool like Basecamp, it does offer excellent task management and an impressive array of integrations that let you customize it to suit your own needs. Designed for collaboration over project management, Asana is a solid choice for… (more) Asana Review – Is It Good Enough?
Fostering a culture of collaboration is as much about evolving your current structures as much as it is about building something new. Unless you are a brand new company, there’s already a culture in place. Making a shift towards more collaborative processes and accountability is a major change — with potentially big rewards — but… (more) How to Build a Thriving Culture of Collaboration
Recently, the FYI team was proud to launch the largest-ever directory of the best free product management templates and resources on the web. And it was a huge success. Why? In part because we product geeks are always on the hunt for templates and wanted easy access to them in one place. Also, because we’re always… (more) A Real Retrospective Example That You Can Copy
It used to be that only enterprises could afford these time-saving tools, but today sleek and effective employee scheduling software is available for companies of any size, and any budget. There are even two free-forever options on my list. So, if you’re considering employee software for the first time, or if your current system isn’t… (more) The 5 Best Employee Scheduling Software Tools and How to Decide
Notion lets users build their own workflows and tools inside a system initially conceived as a codeless app builder. As such, it sets out to replace multiple tools simultaneously. More: it sets out to replace one model of tool use with another. The ecosystem we’re used to using is one of islands of functionality. You… (more) Notion Review – Is it Good Enough?
There is a ton of excellent software dedicated specifically to customer relationship management (CRM). With so many great choices, you owe it to yourself to be happy with your CRM tools. And no, they don’t have to be expensive. In fact, some of the most powerful solutions are free forever. Read on for five of… (more) The 5 Best CRM Software Tools You Can Actually Afford—and How to Decide
You’ve got hundreds of project management software tools to choose from, but you just need one. What do the best project managers use? Surely these tools all do pretty much the same thing? You might be surprised by how much they differ. That’s why there’s no objective “best” of the bunch. There’s only what’s best… (more) The 7 Best Project Management Software Tools for 2020
A collaborative leader is someone who helps their teams and organization work better together. As simple as this sounds, it’s one of the toughest roles to step into. Talking about collaborative leadership in general terms, we risk drifting into the abstract lands of business school platitudes and coaching aphorisms. In the interests of staying grounded… (more) The 5 Daily Habits of Collaborative Leaders
Everyone’s had the experience of “working well” with another person or as part of a team, but it’s tricky to explain why that happens. It’s trickier still to recreate the success in a new setting. One way of encouraging collaboration is to focus on the skills that make it possible. Collaboration skills, like emotional intelligence… (more) How to Build the 5 Critical Collaboration Skills
