10 TIPS TO ENSURE YOUR PEOPLE GET THINGS DONE

SHARED FROM:
THE STAR, THURSDAY 11 APRIL 2013
GETTING YOUR TEAM TO STAY ON TRACK
- Singapore Straits Times / Asia News Network

1. Shared team calendar
     - allows to:
                 - make clear deadlines
                 - schedule in updates
                 - monitor progress
     - let team members know when to meet

2. Follow-up regularly
    - to ensure that each project leader is executing as required

3. No project nower means no progress
    - project knower should have the time, resources, autonomy, and talent required to secceed

4. Prioritize
    - choose the important task rather than the urgent ones.

5. Initiate - it gains time
    - use resources to get a project started

6. Skip the boasting
    - focus on action and exercution
    - results will always say more then any speech

7. Question everything
    - must also be willing to liste to the answers
    - be open to possibilities that changes need to be made

8. When in-doubt - decide
    - energizers others
    - show that action is better than sitting still

9. Create new routines

10. Know your options
      - people resources are valuable but sometimes things can be unpredictable
      - to keep on track no matter what happens

 

A great idea is a fragile thing;

Even the best ideas die fast

Unless someone takes responsibility for putting them into action

 

Few people enjoy the luxury of having all the time they need to get things done
 
Questions are a valuable way of sizing up a situation, analyzing options, and avoiding mistakes.
So don't make assumptions, ask questions

 

Decisions are better than procrastination

because movement brings learnings,

which creates better decisions