by Deanna Maio | Dec 21, 2025 | Tools to Train Your Team
Part of the power of having a team of outsourced professionals and contractors is to let go of tasks and the need to oversee everything. Let’s face it, if you have to babysit your contractors and check in with them daily, then you’re not really saving yourself much...
by Deanna Maio | Dec 20, 2025 | Building & Leading Your Team, Productivity & Time Management, Tools to Train Your Team
We don’t live or work in a vacuum. At some point, we will have to depend on others for what we need. How will you get others on board your team? Influence is the ability to convey your ideas effectively to others. It is about negotiation, not manipulation. Here are...
by Deanna Maio | Dec 19, 2025 | Building & Leading Your Team, Productivity & Time Management, Tools to Train Your Team
When you work as a manager to a group of team members, what is the most important goal? There may be a variety of answers, but the one that we place at the top of the list is building a solid relationship. When you know your team members as individuals with their own...
by Deanna Maio | Dec 18, 2025 | Building & Leading Your Team, Planning, Productivity & Time Management
When planning an effective meeting agenda, your main action steps will be to: Choose a topic Set the goals of the meeting Determine the duration, time and location of the meeting Set the objectives of the meeting Determine the non-objectives of the meeting, so you do...
by Deanna Maio | Dec 17, 2025 | Building & Leading Your Team, Planning, Productivity & Time Management
Once you decide to host a meeting, you might decide to invite everyone you think needs to know about the information you are going to be sharing. This is not the best approach, however, if you wish to have a successful meeting in which valuable business goals will be...
