Category: Management

  • The Business Guide to Intrapreneurship

    With the boom of entrepreneurship, there has been a distinct separation between corporate work and starting a business of your own. However, most people are not familiar with what intrapreneurs are or how intrapreneurship works, as it receives far less coverage than it should. While entrepreneurship often gets the spotlight, intrapreneurship offers a compelling alternative…

  • Managing Interruptions And Boosting Work Performance During Crisis

    Digital businesses were forced to move fully remotely during the social isolation of COVID-19. While they may have been accustomed to some level of remote work, managing interruptions became a critical challenge as they fully embraced a distributed workforce, highlighting the need for new strategies to maintain productivity. This shift demanded not only a robust…

  • 7 Reasons Why It is Difficult to Manage New Projects (Or Inherit an Old One)

    What makes it so challenging to manage new projects effectively? As a project manager, you need to assess the culture, your role, your team, how problems escalate, what your responsibilities are and how to tackle edge cases (delays, problematic team members, running out of budget, handling scope creep, disagreeing with a client, etc.) Organizations that…

  • 10 Time Management Strategies for Busy Entrepreneurs

    Entrepreneurship is both a state of mind that entails many personal and professional traits and a way of life that requires a lot of balance and effective time management strategies.  Being able to launch, execute, grow, and scale a business is an intellectual exercise involving a lot of research, networking, planning, business strategy, marketing, sales,…

  • The 4 P’s of Employee Relations and Conflict Management in the Workplace

    Workplace conflict, a key aspect of employee relations, costs $359 billion in paid hours or 385 million working days annually, according to the “Workplace Conflict and How Business Can Harness it to Thrive” report. There were news articles about Apple employees having concerns about the ‘rigid’ rules in hybrid working, while Google’s people were frustrated about…

  • The Hidden Costs of Building a New Department in Your Business

    Is building a new department the best move for your business, or could it be a costly misstep?  For many small businesses and SMEs in the B2B industry, this question arises when considering how to tackle business challenges, handle growth, expand capabilities, or improve operational efficiency.  At first glance, establishing an in-house team may seem…

  • Strategies In Managing A Software Development Team

    Prior to launching my own web development agencies over 10 years ago, I’ve jumped between the role of a senior developer and a manager multiple times – including leading and managing a software development team role. My first stunt in management was back in 2007. We were building a Java-based distributed software for a telecom…

  • Creating an Employee Performance Review and Feedback Workflow

    Resilience is my number 1 hiring trait.  As a manager, you will have ups and downs with your employees, and your feedback should reflect this. The relationship with your employees is a journey with its share of triumphs and challenges. Your feedback should mirror this journey, offering both praise and constructive criticism in a timely…