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9 to 5? Try 9 to Noon: Tips to Cut Your Workday in Half

October 11, 2017 by Briana Barrios Leave a Comment

9 to 5? Try 9 to Noon: Tips to Cut Your Workday in Half

There’s a new type of work week catching on, and it’s actually seeing success in some major companies. What’s the shift? Cut your workday in half.

Filed Under: Freelance Lifestyle, Productivity Tagged With: Don't Panic Mgmt, five hour workday, productivity tips, six hour workday, tips for shorter workdays, workplace productivity

Don’t Quit Your Daydream: Work Breaks Are Good for You.

October 4, 2017 by Becca Vaclavik Leave a Comment

Don’t Quit Your Daydream: Work Breaks Are Good for You.

You might not have complete control over the hours you work, but you can make one simple change that will reduce your stress: take more work breaks.

Filed Under: Freelance Lifestyle, Freelance Work, Productivity Tagged With: Don't Panic Mgmt, gig economy, productivity tips, work break statistics, work breaks, workplace productivity

How to Turn Your Next Big Project Into Actionable, Achievable Tasks

April 19, 2017 by Jenn Hines Leave a Comment

How to Turn Your Next Big Project Into Actionable, Achievable Tasks

You can break any project, no matter how enormous, into smaller, more achievable tasks. You’ve simply got to follow this foolproof process.

Filed Under: Project Management Tagged With: Big Picture Thinking, Don't Panic Mgmt, five-year plan, Goal Setting, productivity tips, project management, task management, workplace productivity

5 Ways to Take Fewer Meetings & Get More Done

January 18, 2017 by Becca Vaclavik Leave a Comment

5 Ways to Take Fewer Meetings & Get More Done

Do you spend all day talking to other people? With a little bit of planning and proper time management, you can take fewer meetings and get more done.

Filed Under: Calendar Management, Freelance Work, Productivity Tagged With: calendar management, Don't Panic Mgmt, get more done in 2017, productivity tips, take fewer meetings, virtual assistant, workplace productivity

How to Make the Leap from Full-Time to Freelance Work

April 29, 2016 by DPM Team Leave a Comment

How to Make the Leap from Full-Time to Freelance Work

Tips to help you make the transition to freelance work as painless as possible and leave your full time employment status behind.

Filed Under: Freelance Work Tagged With: business, don't panic, don't panic management, Don't Panic Mgmt, freelance work, leanne holley, organization, productivity, remote work, virtual assistant, working from home, working virtually, workplace productivity

How to Spread the Love When You’re Balancing Multiple Freelance Clients

March 4, 2016 by Shannon Wurthman Leave a Comment

How to Spread the Love When You’re Balancing Multiple Freelance Clients

When I still worked in the corporate world, I thought a lot about agency life. I figured working with a variety of different clients would be really exciting and challenging. Friends, I had no idea Read More

Filed Under: Client Management, Freelance Work Tagged With: balancing clients, business, client management, communication, consultant clients, contract work, don't panic, don't panic management, entrepreneurship, freelance, freelance clients, freelance work, Leadership, management, productivity, productivity tips, shannon wurthman, virtual teams, workload, workplace productivity

September Playlist – Workin’ for the Weekend

September 10, 2015 by Becca Vaclavik Leave a Comment

Monday was Labor Day, and if your office is anything like ours, you spent the holiday celebrating a brief respite from your overcrowded email inbox. And while that's all well and good, I've found that Read More

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: employee happiness, playlist, productivity tips, workplace productivity

Home Office Essentials for Remote Workers

July 31, 2015 by Dillon Heape Leave a Comment

Here at Don’t Panic Management, we talk a lot about virtual assistants, remote offices, and working from home. Fitting—because that’s the world many of us live in here! However, something discussed Read More

Filed Under: Freelance Work Tagged With: Don't Panic Mgmt, home office, organization, working from home, workplace productivity, workspace

June Playlist – Surf’s Up!

June 19, 2015 by Becca Vaclavik Leave a Comment

If you take a look at the calendar, it will tell you that summer is rapidly approaching – but anyone without an a/c will tell you that summer showed up weeks ago (if you want to know who those people Read More

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: Don't Panic Mgmt, employee happiness, health and wellness, playlist, workplace productivity

Is It Time for You to Hire a Virtual Assistant?

May 20, 2015 by Tricia Keels 2 Comments

Is It Time for You to Hire a Virtual Assistant?

One of my favorite mantras is, "It takes a village." I started saying it daily when I blinked and found I was a working mother with three children. These timeless words made it okay to need other Read More

Filed Under: Small Business Tagged With: Don't Panic Mgmt, hire a virtual assistant, virtual assistant, workplace productivity

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