Santa: The Ultimate Project Management Guru

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on December 24, 2009 in: Coaching

Recently, I wrote about your Christmas dinner as a project management exercise. But now that it’s just about Christmas, I’ve realized that the real project management guru of the season is Santa himself. What a project: Making toys for good little girls and boys and then delivering them in one night. Can you imagine the [...]

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What should be delegated?

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on October 30, 2009 in: Coaching

This blog post was on my list of “things to write about” for two weeks now, but I’ve been busy with other things. That’s okay, though, because it’s a perennial topic.
I was recently reading a blog in the New York Times (published October 15th) by a CEO of a NY-based company. She referenced that, in [...]

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Reaching the Peak: When Delegation Shines

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on July 23, 2009 in: Just Blogging, My Stories

If you follow me on twitter you have seen a ton of recent tweets about @emailcenterpro, about ‘click – click – move – move’, and about Inbox 0!
Some of you may be wondering: How I am doing that? Others may already know because you subscribe to my Tips in 10 email newsletter. I won’t write [...]

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Unsticking a project

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on July 17, 2009 in: Coaching

It doesn’t matter what size of company you are or what size of project you’re working on, most of us have faced this situation at one time or another: We have a project that is going well and then it sputters and stalls. Days turn into weeks and the project lags. There are plenty of [...]

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Today’s #businesslunchclub discussion (July 13, 2009)

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on July 15, 2009 in: #BusinessLunchClub, Coaching, Projects, Tools & Resources

Great discussion today on #businesslunchclub (on Twitter; but see BusinessLunchClub.com for more details).
The conversation today centered around delegation, and specifically around something that @IAC_Heather calls “the 3 Strikes, You’re Out” rule. The conversation was primarily between @IAC_Heather, @askleo, and myself (@AaronHoos), with @Hazewalker chiming in towards the end.
You can read our entire conversation on BusinessLunchClub [...]

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There’s only one thing that can’t be delegated

Posted by Heather Villa, CMA, MBA, MSM on June 17, 2009 in: Coaching

With the coaching I do here and the services that IAC Professionals offers, it’s no secret that I’m a believer in delegation. It makes good business sense to delegate, especially when the person you’re delegating to costs less to do the task than the equivalent of your own hourly rate.
A small business owner might contract [...]

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