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PSM #31: Personal Productivity with a Wiki
The podcast “Personal Productivity with a Wiki” presents a couple of simple Wiki implementations that support significant improvements in personal productivity. The text of the podcast is located here.
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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #26: Managing Your Self TalkProbably the most valuable skill that I have acquired in management is the ability to manage self. Though I am certain that some would argue that I am not the most skilled at applying this knowledge. For example, I know the process of stopping smoking, but I still smoke. And I have a [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #25: The Framework for Managing Self [revised]This has been a difficult introduction to start, so I will go straight to the point[s] that I hope to make then build the case for the position I take.
If you do not manage yourself, someone else will. And when you allow this to happen, you compromise your ability to provide significant added value to [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #24: I Am BackPlain Simple Management returns with an announcement that the next few podcasts will deal with managing self.
I am really excited about being back online and sharing this information with you.
The announcement may be found here.
Craig
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #24: I Am BackPlain Simple Management returns with an announcement that the next few podcasts will deal with managing self.
I am really excited about being back online and sharing this information with you.
The announcement may be found here.
Craig
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Thank you for the wonderful support and comments you have given me. I share a lesson with you that I learned again during the last couple of months.
See you in the New Year. Stay tuned!!!
PSM #23 is here.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #23: Happy Holidays 2006Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Thank you for the wonderful support and comments you have given me. I share a lesson with you that I learned again during the last couple of months. See you in the New Year....Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #22: SellingWe sell ourselves each and every day of our lives. So we are all salesmen and saleswomen. And we have the basic sales skills. This podcast talks through these basic steps to selling. PSM #22 is here.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #22: SellingWe sell ourselves each and every day of our lives. So we are all salesmen and saleswomen. And we have the basic sales skills. This podcast talks through these basic steps to selling. PSM #22 is here....Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #21: Time Management
PSM21: Time Management
Hello, this is Plain Simple Mangement, I am Craig Walters, and today’s podcast deals with Time ManagementThank you all for your responses to my poll, and thank you for visiting my web site. In the future the web site will become a more integral part of the podcast, so please visit here [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #21: Time ManagementPSM21: Time Management Hello, this is Plain Simple Mangement, I am Craig Walters, and today's podcast deals with Time Management Thank you all for your responses to my poll, and thank you for visiting my web site. In the future...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #20: Polling Your Thoughts
I have added a poll to this website; http://www.plainsimplemanagement.com and would appreciate you responding to the questions therein. Here is the verbal invite.
Thanks
Craig
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Going Forward discusses my plans for this podcast and solicits your help in directing its evolution.
Thanks for your help.
Craig
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #20:Polling your thoughtsI have added a poll to this website; http://www.plainsimplemanagement.com and would appreciate you responding to the questions therein. Here is the verbal invite. ThanksCraig...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #19: Going Forward -- PodcastGoing Forward discusses my plans for this podcast and solicits your help in directing its evolution. Thanks for your help.Craig...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #18: Time to Regroup
We find often in management that we must regroup. This is particularly true of projects that linger on. Projects with no apparent end in sight consume resources and energy needlessly and will eventually affect our reputations. We must deal with these projects quickly and decisively.
Projects linger on for several reasons.
The problem the project [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM 18:Time to RegroupWe find often in management that we must regroup. This is particularly true of projects that linger on. Projects with no apparent end in sight consume resources and energy needlessly and will eventually affect our reputations. We must deal with...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #17: Best-laid Schemes
PSM #17: Best-laid Schemes discusses the fact that often times situations arise beyond our control that play havoc with our plans. Sometimes one has to let the situation play out, then proceed on.
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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #17: Best-laid SchemesPSM #17: Best-laid Schemes discusses the fact that often times situations arise beyond our control that play havoc with our plans. Sometimes one has to let the situation play out, then proceed on. There will be no show notes for...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #16: One Page ManagementPSM #16: One Page Management discusses a strategy to organize and simplify the metrics you will need to monitor your progress and claim success. The notes are available...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #16: One Page Management
PSM #16: One Page Management discusses a strategy to organize and simplify the metrics you will need to monitor your progress and claim success.
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PSM #15: Negotiations discusses an approach to negotiations that we can use in all of the relationships in our lives.
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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #15: NegotiationsPSM #15: Negotiations discusses an approach to negotiations that we can use in all of the relationships in our lives. The notes from the podcast are available here....Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #14: The Manager’s MindPSM #14: The Manager’s Mind examines several aspects regarding employees, performance, and the manager’role. The fundamental message is that what the manager expects is what the manager gets.
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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM#14: The Manager's Mind PSM #14: The Manager's Mind examines several aspects regarding employees, performance, and the manager'role. The fundamental message is that what the manager expects is what the manager gets. The notes from the podcast can be found here....Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #13: People and MotivationPSM #13: People and motivation discusses the manager’s role in the motivation of the individuals within an organization.
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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM#13: People and Motivation PSM #13: People and motivation discusses the manager's role in the motivation of the individuals within an organization.. The notes from the podcast can be foundhere....Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #12: PeoplePSM #12: People starts a discussion of the people side of management. Topics for this podcast include discussion of a couple of alternative views to people management, discusses people within the organization, and the managers role in the organization.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM#12: PeoplePSM #12: People starts a discussion of the people side of management. Topics for this podcast include discussion of a couple of alternative views to people management, discusses people within the organization, and the managers role in the organization. The...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM#11: The TaskPSM #11: The Task may be found here.Task span.foldopened { color: white; font-size: xx-small; border-width: 1; font-family: monospace; padding: 0em 0.25em 0em 0.25em; background: #e0e0e0; VISIBILITY: visible; cursor:pointer; } span.foldclosed { color: #666666; font-size: xx-small; border-width: 1; font-family: monospace; padding:...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #11: The TaskPSM #11: The Task may be found here.
Task
defintion
The task is the smallest practical unit of work in the plan.
The task is the basic building block for our plans.
A task represents the effort of one individual to produce an observable and necessary result.
Attributes
A plan is build on tasks.
These tasks are sequenced.
These tasks are networked in dependent [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #10: QualityThe Quality Podcast: PSM #10:Quality. Quality is free. Poor quality costs: rework, continued impact to other activities, erodes time. Poor quality is doing the urgent rather than the important. Quality is doing the right things, doing things right, training, customer...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #10: QualityThe Quality Podcast: PSM #10:Quality. Quality is free. Poor quality costs: rework, continued impact to other activities, erodes time. Poor quality is doing the urgent rather than the important. Quality is doing the right things, doing things right, training, customer focus, win-win situations.
Notes follow:
quality
what is quality
meeting reasonable customer expectations
setting reasonable expectations
meeting expectations completely
doing the [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #09: ControlI have provided some comments about how much control we really want to exercise in our organization at this link.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #9: ControlI have provided some comments about how much control we really want to exercise in our organization at this link....Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #08: The PlanPodcast #8: The Plan is located here.
This podcast discusses plans and planning, offers 3 strategies for developing a plan, and suggests Pareto’s law applies to the planning process.
Please provide your feedback.
Notes follow.
Plans
Discussion with Vision statement
really axle wrapped.
merits own podcast
Reflecting, I made it too complex
This is Plain Simple Management
Simple Definition: A plan is a map to [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #8: The PlanPodcast #8: The Plan is located here. This podcast discusses plans and planning, offers 3 strategies for developing a plan, and suggests Pareto's law applies to the planning process. Please provide your feedback. Notes follow. Plans Discussion with Vision statement...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #07: The Vision StatementPodcast #7: The Vision Statement is available here.
The Vision Statement is a collection of goals that, when accomplished, demonstrate the accomplishment of our mission.
Notes follow.
Vision Statement
Long term
Consistent with Mission statement
defines what it takes to achieve our mission
Is SMART
specific–as it can be in the long term
Measurable
Attainable
Realistic
Time-based
Is factorable into operational objectives–goals
goals
long range
intermediate
short ter ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #06: Happy New YearA belated Happy New Year is located here.
Have a happy New Year, a happy new day, a happy new life.
Originally published January 15, 2006
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #6: Happy New Year!A belated Happy New Year is located here. Have a happy New Year, a happy new day, a happy new life....Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #7: The Vision StatementPodcast #7: The Vision Statement is available here. The Vision Statement is a collection of goals that, when accomplished, demonstrate the accomplishment of our mission. Notes follow. Vision Statement Long term Consistent with Mission statement defines what it takes to...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #5: The Mission StatementPodcast #5: The Mission Statement is available now. Mission Statement What is it? A concise statement of an organization's purpose. Why have one? Defines who we are A Framework for defining goals Provides framework to make decisions IBM respect for...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #05: The Mission StatementPodcast #5: The Mission Statement is available now.Mission Statement
What is it?
A concise statement of an organization’s purpose.
Why have one?
Defines who we are
A Framework for defining goals
Provides framework to make decisions
IBM
respect for the individual
customer service
excellence
Influenced every decision
Elements
the purpose of the organization
the values of the organization
Attributes
active voice
slogan capable
unambiguous
LInk to goals
How will you know ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #4: GoalsPSM #4: Goals is available. PSM4: Goals What is a goal? A desired outcome A desired state What are good goals? Based on a mission statement They support what you believe Congruent Don't interfere with each other Written Planning is...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PSM #3: MindMappingEpisode 3: MindMapping is now available. PSM3-Mind mapping Chicken or egg Debated on which was next, goals or mindmaps wanted a podcast on goals didn't have a mindmap Thoughts not collected Need writing, not thinking decided to discuss mind mapping...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | |