By Adriana Girdler, CET, PMP- The Globe and Mail’s Feb 2, 2012 article, “Banks Target Expenses to Boost Bottom Line” discusses the bank’s approach to reduce cost by slowing the growth of expenses. As quoted by Gord Nixon, Royal Bank of Canada Chief Executive Officer, “From our perspective we’ve focused on utilizing technology to improve…Read More
Learning to Work Smarter, Not Harder Series: Segment Five
By Adriana Girdler, CET, PMP – Segment Five: What is Value? Welcome back to the working smarter, not harder series. In our previous segment we talked about needing to benchmark current ways of working, making daily decisions based on a Vision/Mission statement, having a priority list with only five items on it and repurposing meetings. …Read More
Learning to Work Smarter, Not Harder Series: Segment Four
By Adriana Girdler, CET, PMP – Segment Four: Meeting all Day and Working all Night? Welcome back to the working smarter, not harder series. In our first three segments we talked about needing to benchmark current ways of working, making daily decisions based on your Vision/Mission statement, and having a priority list with only five…Read More
Learning to Work Smarter, Not Harder Series – Segment Three
By Adriana Girdler, CET, PMP – Prioritizing – Help, What Do I Do Next? Welcome back to the working smarter, not harder series. In our first two segments we talked about needing to benchmark current ways of working and making daily decisions based on your Vision/Mission statement. The third step to becoming more efficient is…Read More
Learning to Work Smarter, Not Harder Series – Segment Two
By Adriana Girdler, CET, PMP – Segment Two: Back to the Future! Welcome back to the working smarter, not harder series. In our first segment we talked about needing to understand our current ways of working, or as I call it, our current state, which highlights why and where we are working harder. The next…Read More
Learning to Work Smarter, Not Harder Series – Segment One
-By Adriana Girdler ,CET, PMP Segment One: Mapping Your Way to Working Smarter In today’s business world, if you ask someone how they are doing they will say ‘I am Busy’. Yet, if you get a chance to actually stop them and ask why, they will ultimately say they have too much on their plate…Read More
Innovation and Process: The Ultimate Partnership
By Adriana Girdler CET, PMP – Does your work place vision statement incorporate the word ‘innovation’ yet the company is far from being innovative. In fact, most ideas are the same old ideas that have been recycled year after year? If you said yes to the above you are caught in the ‘innovation’ trap that…Read More
Quick Tip #1: Running an Efficient Meeting
By Adriana Girdler CET, PMP – What is a quick way to start being more efficient in meetings? Have an agenda! Too many meetings are run by the seat of the meeting organizer’s pants. No one knows what exactly is going to be discussed. Topics can easily be hi-jacked by the whiner or complainer in…Read More
Let’s get off the Rollercoaster Ride!
By Adriana Girdler CET, PMP – I love the amusement park. The adrenaline rush from the rollercoaster ride is great! But at the end of the day it is nice to leave the park and relax in a steady state of peace…with two feet firmly planted on the ground. I can’t imagine living my life…Read More