My favorite thing (right behind checking things off a list) is throwing things away. And the new year always brings inspiration for just that kind of activity.

At DevCon this year, a colleague asked me, “What drives you? What inspires you to do everything you do?” It provoked an unexpected response from me…. I will admit that the feelings behind being the Dean of Success, performing Project Management and operations-related activities specifically, brought tears to my eyes. (Thanks to Kate at Fiddlehead [...]

This is part 2 of a two-part series. In Part 1, we discussed how managing your emails was like keeping the sink clear. In the meantime, I referred to “filing” emails for future reference. There is no right/wrong way to file emails. It all depends on your personal preferences and workplace rules.

In my past blogs, I’ve discussed how to make things happen with goal setting, to-do lists and prioritization. But, how does the crazy amount of email that we receive daily fit into that? Many people receive over 200 emails per day. Here are some tips to help you stay on top of it. And watch [...]

This is the last in a three-part series. See part one here and part two here. In the first two parts of Making Things Happen, we talked about setting goals and then building a to-do list/timeline to execute it. This goal and timeline are all well and good, but what happens when you start mixing [...]

This is the second in a 3-part series. See part one here. In the first part of Making Things Happen, we talked about setting goals. We ended up with this as the final goal: “I want my team to share development tips and tricks monthly via professionally designed marketing eblasts with my customers.” We’ve clearly [...]