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Recruitment – most of you won’t like this. This is written from an employer’s perspective which will win me few friends, but we have a voice and it needs to be heard. Forget anything else; recruitment continues to be the biggest risk to any growing organisation. Of all that could go bad, how can that […]

Project Management Terms for Team Leaders Confused by Project Management terms? You’re not alone! PRINCE2, NVP, Analogous Estimating etc. It’s all so baffling. So we have made it easy for all you Team Leaders and Managers out there who are running projects and brought you a list of what we think are the key PM

Sales Strategy – Now That’s A Novelty Hiring great Sales Staff is notoriously difficult and I for one have made a few bad hires over the years. It is so easy to get sucked in, as the personalities in front of you have a natural ability to talk such a good game. A new approach

Conducting an Efficient Management Review for ISO 27001 and ISO 22301 For anyone who has ever managed to try and gather an overloaded management team or Board of Directors together to facilitate a management review meeting for any regulatory compliance standard realises what a nightmare challenge this is to co-ordinate.  Typically a management review will

Project Success Hinges on Strong Relationship with Project Sponsors Engaging the right people in the right way in a project can make a massive difference between success and failure.  Other factors do play a role, such as aligning project deliverables and objective, holding productive meetings and delegating workload. The management of all of these factors

Event Planning – Don’t Leave Anything To Chance A successful event which runs smoothly relies on a great deal of organisation. Anyone who has ever planned any kind of event will tell you it can be a highly stressful task, there are a million things to consider, contingency plans for things outwith your control such

5 Uses of Mind Mapping in Project Planning Wouldn’t it be great if all projects achieved everything that you set out to do? In reality, getting to this endpoint requires organisation, planning and communication among other things. This article will give you the 5 benefits of mind mapping when planning and executing a project. Brainstorming

How To Track Your Teams Tasks With MindGenius Online MindGenius Online has thousands of possible uses within an organization to help individuals and teams to plan more thoroughly, stay on track and get the right things done on time. MindGenius Online does this in 3 simple but highly productive and engaging interfaces (which can be

Launch our Next Campaign or Project with MindGenius Online If you have a major campaign or project on the horizon then you will have a million and one things to do. This is not only the case for the manager but also for team members as well. Here at MindGenius Online we are launching a

Stay Organised and Be Better Prepared There are some things you might think are pre-requisites for working in marketing- creativity, able to work in teams, even a bit wacky at times. One trait in particular is that a person needs to be highly organised. Is being organised something that comes naturally or is it a

Make University Life Easier University isn’t all about night outs, joining clubs and societies and meeting new people. Sadly at one point some work needs to get done, you are there after all to get a degree! Although there are a lot of good aspects to university, when it comes to coursework and exams it

Marketing – It’s Really Just Great Storytelling When deciding on a career in marketing, what did you envision? Mad Men style advertising agencies and big creative campaigns perhaps? Is that the reality or are you like the many marketers just trying to find creative ways to tell your amazing product story and be heard above

How To Create A Project Scope Statement With MindGenius Online MindGenius Online has thousands of possible uses within an organization to help individuals and teams to plan more thoroughly, stay on track and get the right things done on time. MindGenius Online does this in 3 simple but highly productive and engaging interfaces (which can

How To Start A Project Are you struggling with not knowing where to start when it comes to a new project? You might think it is a good idea to just start and deal with everything as and when you need to. Getting a project started can be very difficult, pleasing the Stakeholders, managing the

Assign Yourself Tasks I’m the only person involved in this project, why do I need to assign myself a task? MindGenius Online is used for managing and collaborating on group projects with your team members but also for individual projects. Although it is easy to see the logic in assigning yourself and others tasks for

SWOT – It’s All About The Follow Through I have been involved in many SWOT sessions over the years, often as a participant and many other times facilitating the group. What I can say without any shadow of doubt is that the real work kicks-in once the initial session is done, but sadly we often

Empower Your Human Resource Processes A founder can’t grow a winning enterprise single handedly. Some may try, but it is nearly impossible to do so. Every famous entrepreneur that has succeeded in building a flourishing company has done so with great employees by his or her side. That’s why hiring and retaining the best employees

How To Agree Your Sales Strategy With MindGenius Online MINDGENIUS ONLINE FOR FREE MindGenius Online has thousands of possible uses within an organization to help individuals and teams to plan more thoroughly, stay on track and get the right things done on time. MindGenius Online does this in 3 simple but highly productive and engaging

How To Manage The Product Roadmap With MindGenius Online MindGenius Online has thousands of possible uses within an organization to help individuals and teams to plan more thoroughly, stay on track and get the right things done on time. MindGenius Online does this in 3 simple but highly productive and engaging interfaces (which can be

10 Common Project Management Pitfalls There is always a sense of optimism at the start of a project that surely everything will go smoothly this time. Of course, even the most novice project manager is less than surprised when things don’t always go quite according to plan. So what project pitfalls could we anticipate and

How To Plan Your Social Media Strategy With MindGenius Online MindGenius Online has thousands of possible uses within an organization to help individuals and teams to plan more thoroughly, stay on track and get the right things done on time. MindGenius Online does this in 3 simple but highly productive and engaging interfaces (which can

The 10 Project Management Terms You Should Know To achieve success within the field of project management, communication is essential, but this means ensuring everybody involved in the project is singing from the same hymn sheet. As with most other disciplines, project management has its own jargon, and this is often taught through project and

Why Do I Need A Social Media Strategy? When you mention social media, everyone automatically thinks of celebrities with millions of followers and endless tweets about their perfect lives.   There are a number of reasons why a business should be active on social media but if the answer to why is “because everyone does it”

Built for Collaboration MindGenius Online is the application of the future. We’re built for teams. We’re available on all devices, and we’re accessible anywhere there’s internet.   In today’s world it is increasingly common for members of the same team to work in different locations around the world and many people now work from home or

How To Organise A Company SWOT Analysis With MindGenius Online MindGenius Online has thousands of possible uses within an organization to help individuals and teams to plan more thoroughly, stay on track and get the right things done on time. MindGenius Online does this in 3 simple but highly productive and engaging interfaces (which can

Say Farewell to Tasks Falling Through The Cracks How many times have you sat back with a sense of satisfaction as you get to the end of a mountain of work, only to be asked the status of the one task that wasn’t done? You’re gripped by a sense of sudden fear or panic as

Project Management That’s as Easy as 1,2,3 – Plan, Schedule, Deliver In my blog Plan For Success, I talked about the importance of planning for successful projects and how chaos can quickly ensue if plans aren’t in place up front.  There is one major benefit to this approach which we will explore further in this blog

No More Missed Deadlines Many managers today find themselves in a situation where not only are they expected to be experts in their chosen field but are also required to be proficient in project management.  That can be a daunting prospect when you don’t consider yourself to be a project manager. Being a manager doesn’t

Plan For Success We don’t generally get in our cars and just drive without being clear on where our destination is and a rough idea on how we will get there. If it’s somewhere we haven’t been before, we might consult a map beforehand or we plug the post code into the sat nav.  If

Avoid Confrontation A project close out meeting should in theory be a relaxed meeting. That is if the project has been delivered on time, on budget and meets the desired outcomes. However, if a project takes twice the time, costs twice the budget and you get only half of what you expect then the project

Don’t Leave Project Success to Chance A project kick-off meeting should be given the same focus as the project as a whole. Think of it as setting the scene for the tone of the whole project. Anything less than full focus for this meeting will put the project at risk from the outset. Following some

Do Start-Ups Need Project Management? Ashley Marron – 10 May 2019 Start-ups are definitely an exciting somewhat trailblazing type of organisation to be involved in or with. But they are definitely not for everyone and not those with a nervous disposition. It may just be me, but I like working with and running start-ups and