I took a day off around the 4th of July time. It felt good to take that day off, but I need to take off more than a week. One of my projects is ending next Tuesday, so I scheduled to take a week off. However, the client wants a new project to start right […]
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PowerPoint Project Timeline Tool for Project Managers
Office Timeline is a great tool to create visually-pleasing timelines for your PowerPoint presentation. They also have it as an online tool that works in your browser. This video discusses why I love it so much and have been using it for years. If you constantly have to create timelines for your projects that you […]
Importance of Empathy in Leadership During a Pandemic
We usually talk about being healthy. I think for a lot of people believe physical health, but a lot of it has to do with your emotional wellbeing and how you’re doing mentally. Please make sure you’re taking care of that as well. What I wanted to talk about today is that leaders need to […]
How I Use Google Calendar to be Extra Productive
Hi everyone. So I want to do a video on the ways that I use Google calendar. I have everything in Google Calendar. If I don’t have this calendar near me and on my phone, I don’t know what’s going on, and I will double book triple book myself. One thing that I did was […]
Life Reflection After 40
I wanted to talk about something that really doesn’t have to do much with work. I have been doing a lot of reflecting on my life and where I want it to go. I think one of the reasons why is because I became a grandmother. Yes, very young. I did not expect to be […]
Let Go of Parent Guilt
Have you heard of mom guilt? For me, it means feeling like you have failed as a parent in more than one way. It could be your kid accidentally falling off a chair, not passing a class, or deciding to not continue an extracurricular activity. I’m going to expand it and call it “Parent Guilt.” […]
How to Have a Successful Project Kickoff Meeting
I had three new projects start as well as an MBA class, which was all on investment analysis. It was ending, on top of having to do a project, final exam, study for those, starting a new class. I want to share with you the presentation slides that I’ve created, as well as how I […]
Be Kind to Yourself During This Pandemic
Happy Friday, everyone! I hope that everyone has a great week. For those who’ve had a hectic week because of having to work plus go to school, take care of the kids, or all of the above, I hope that you can relax with a nice glass of wine, a bottle of beer, or a […]
5 Lessons I’ve Learned Managing Technical Teams
Hi everyone! Hopefully you had a good start to the week. This was probably the most tiring Monday that I’ve had in a long time. I had meetings from 9AM to almost 6 PM. Two projects had sprint planning sessions, and I was prepping for two others tomorrow. I am pretty exhausted, and I still […]
How to Use Toggl – A Simple Online Time-Tracking Tool
There are times during this epidemic that I’ve been feeling a little sluggish, and I understand that many of you feel the same. Toggl is a time-tracking tool that has helped me keep track of my time, see where I need to make adjustments, and analyze the changes I need to make to my environment. […]