Comments on: Getting Organized: What’s Different About Managers

By: jen_chan, writer SureFireWealth.com

jen_chan, writer SureFireWealth.com — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:16:05 +0000

Aside from the whole command responsibility thing, managers also have to do a lot of small tasks. A lot of people may think that being a manager is great because you have all those people working under you. What they don’t realize is that since you’re responsible for the whole project, this include having to do many small tasks to ensure everything flows smoothly. It’s stressful being a manager.

By: Dwayne Phillips

Dwayne Phillips — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:21:15 +0000

I agree with Johanna’s post. When I supervised a dozen people I organized myself differently.

I used a calendar – a big paper calender – to see where everyone was and what they were doing on any given day. That sounds archaic, old-fashioned, old-something or other.

It worked quite well for me.

By: Dmitry

Dmitry — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:38:25 +0000

When I was a Mac user, I loved the Omni products. Now, I’m forced to be exclusively on Windows. Upon reading this blogged I gave OmniFocus a close look and noticed that they say the program makes possible some of the “Getting Things Done” flows. Johanna, I wonder if you would have any general thoughts on GTD. It happens that I just got the book a few days ago and am starting to read it.

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By: Ethan Schoonover

Ethan Schoonover — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:57:31 +0000

We’d love to have you give OmniFocus a try. The current alpha is getting close to a more public release, but if you’re interested please give the alpha look. I’d be interested to discuss your experiences with it if you do try using it.