8020Info specializes in strategic planning, public consultation/ research, & marketing communications.
8020Info specializes in strategic planning, public consultation/ research, & marketing communications.
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Vol-22_No-15_Oct-24-2022
In this 8020Info Water Cooler we look at the importance of friends at work, onboarding and accountability, using doubts productively, six skills your team needs and tips from marketing cookware. Enjoy!
The Importance of Work Friends
Understanding (and Improving) Accountability
How to Become a Productive Doubter
Tips from Marketing Cookware
The Model: Six Skills Your Team Needs
A Renewed Focus on Onboarding
Reading: IdeaFlow: The Only Business Metric That Matters
Reading: The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date
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Tagged accountability, doubts, friends, marketing, onboarding, productivity, reading, skills, team, work
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Vol-21_No-13_Sept_20-2021
In this 8020Info Water Cooler we look at factors causing failure in forming and implementing strategy, along with tips on productively handling pressure, modes of delivering value, and recruiting for decision-making skills. Enjoy!
Five Fundamental Factors for Strategy Execution
The Three Flavours of Value
Flip the Script
Hiring for Decision-making Ability
Handling Pressure
Strategies Are Built on Choices
Reading: Four Thousand Weeks | Amazon Unbound
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Tagged Amazon, Bezos, change, decision-making, delivering value, handling pressure, media, performance, presentations, productivity, recruitment, strategic choices, strategy execution, strategy implemention, time management
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Vol-20_No-1_Jan_13-2020
In this 8020Info Water Cooler we focus on professional goals, common team dysfunctions, social media trends, avoiding corporate culture crises, and a productivity checklist to help you be extraordinary in 2020. Enjoy!
Setting Professional Goals
Avoiding A Corporate Culture Crisis
Social Media Trends For 2020 And Beyond
Are You Learning?
The Five Dysfunctions Of A Team
Transforming “Normal” to Extraordinary
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Vol-19_No-13_Sept_16-2019
In this 8020Info Water Cooler we focus on getting your week off to a productive start, delegating to overloaded subordinates, digital design for seniors, thinking more, doing less, and campaigning to succeed with change initiatives. Enjoy!
Making Mondays More Productive
Addressing Subordinate Overload
Do Less, Think More
Try Shadowing With Job Candidates
Designing Digital for Seniors
Plan For Resistance To Change
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vol-18_no-16_nov_12-2018
This edition of the 8020Info Water Cooler marks issue #300 — a major milestone for us. It represents more than half a million words shared on a tri-weekly schedule since our first edition was published April 30, 2001.
Our goal has always been to bring you actionable insights relevant to your leadership in non-profit, public sector and small business organizations. After going through our library of past articles, we are pleased to share some favourites — our own, and many based on reader feedback.
Thank you for your continuing interest in our newsletter. Enjoy!
Six Key Leadership Decisions
Four Levels of Culture Change
Questions For Reviewing Marketing Materials
Strategy’s Companion… Change
For Focus, You Must Dare To Say No
Thanks for the Feedback
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Tagged change, communications, culture, decisions, leadership, marketing, productivity
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vol-18_no-15_oct_22-2018
In this edition of The 8020Info Water Cooler we discuss how doubt affects decision making, the benefits of being a “caring coach” for customers, the downside of to-do lists, and ways to keep learning at work. Plus, we invite your input for our special 300th anniversary issue of The 8020Info Water Cooler. Enjoy!
Doubt And Decision-Making
Become The Caring Coach
Why To-Do Lists Cause Distress
Try The Five-Hour Rule
Overcoming Barriers To Learning
Input For Our Next Issue
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vol-18_no-10_July_9-2018
In this 8020Info Water Cooler we discuss ways to avoid a summer slump, how to network in a positive way, investing in ethical sensibility, how to respond to an abundance of meetings and emails, and we highlight some content tips to keep in mind when posting on social media. Enjoy!
Avoiding A Summer Slump
Invest In Ethical Sensibility
Take The Email Oath
Networking The Positive Way
Meeting and Email Trauma
Don’t Spam Your Base
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Tagged email, ethics, networking, productivity, social media
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vol-18_no-7_May_07-2018
In this issue of the 8020Info Water Cooler we highlight differences between strategy work and other key activities. You’ll also find notes on marketing to lazy learners and “whales”, and how to boost your productivity. Enjoy!
Your Strategic Plans Probably Aren’t Strategy (Or Plans)
Management Of Whales
Video, Lazy Learners, And Your Organization
Becoming A Super Connector
Boost Your Productivity
Fluid Governance Focus
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Tagged governance, marketing, productivity, strategic plans, strategy, video
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vol-18_no-2_Jan_22-2018
In this issue of the 8020Info Water Cooler we focus on lots of tips — to defuse a tense meeting, onboard a new employee, consider what works in marketing, avoid “I Told You So”, and increase your productivity to reduce stress. Enjoy!
How To Save A Meeting That Becomes Tense
Three Tips For Onboarding
How To Avoid “I Told You So”
Remember The Other Side Of The Coin
Finding What Works In Marketing
Increasing Productivity To Reduce Stress
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Tagged marketing, meetings, onboarding, productivity, stress, training
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