After Some Experimentation With Different Project/Task Management Tools, ToDoist Seems to be the Best Fit
It was actually good to be back to work yesterday, and I am looking forward to getting started again today, I just like implementing and executing plans and collaborating productively with a team to get things done...part of my new(er) productivity kick,
Given what I learned at the training workshop, there are a number of changes we need to implement asap...some I had already been considering, some have become more pressing due to recent staff circumstances, and some have become a very immediate priority based on what I learned (including some immediate budget concerns, which, frankly, intimidate me).
But my big focus has been changing our scheduling structure, and I am getting good feedback and some push back. Collaboration is really important to me as a leader, and I want ideas to flow freely (and a culture that cultivates ideas). But when I decide on a course of actions based on all the feedback, I need full commitment to it from everyone. I like monitoring and analyzing what is and isn't working to continually tweak, but the staff needs to commit. And I am getting that and...not getting that. But it is a process and a challenge I enjoy and am excited about.
I have also all but decided to go back to ToDoist. I experimented with it for myself for a while...and it is a great tool. I just like using one tool, Evernote, instead of multiple ones. But for a team project/task manager, I have revisited ToDoist. I was hoping Asana would be the team project manager, but I have not been pleased with the functionality, especially the app, which is very limited. The ToDoist integration with multiple platforms is fantastic. And the app, which I have reinstalled on my phone, is simply beautiful. Plus, it is, in a sense, Evernote compatible. I can send a not as a task to ToDoist through the app...a feature I truly like.
Plus it has all the communication, group project sharing, and assigning of tasks that I really wanted. So, I am planning to introduce that to the team...soon. But first, I have some more immidiate issues that are extremeley time consuming and time sensitive to address.
But I will be planning a ToDoist rollout very soon.
Given what I learned at the training workshop, there are a number of changes we need to implement asap...some I had already been considering, some have become more pressing due to recent staff circumstances, and some have become a very immediate priority based on what I learned (including some immediate budget concerns, which, frankly, intimidate me).
But my big focus has been changing our scheduling structure, and I am getting good feedback and some push back. Collaboration is really important to me as a leader, and I want ideas to flow freely (and a culture that cultivates ideas). But when I decide on a course of actions based on all the feedback, I need full commitment to it from everyone. I like monitoring and analyzing what is and isn't working to continually tweak, but the staff needs to commit. And I am getting that and...not getting that. But it is a process and a challenge I enjoy and am excited about.
I have also all but decided to go back to ToDoist. I experimented with it for myself for a while...and it is a great tool. I just like using one tool, Evernote, instead of multiple ones. But for a team project/task manager, I have revisited ToDoist. I was hoping Asana would be the team project manager, but I have not been pleased with the functionality, especially the app, which is very limited. The ToDoist integration with multiple platforms is fantastic. And the app, which I have reinstalled on my phone, is simply beautiful. Plus, it is, in a sense, Evernote compatible. I can send a not as a task to ToDoist through the app...a feature I truly like.
Plus it has all the communication, group project sharing, and assigning of tasks that I really wanted. So, I am planning to introduce that to the team...soon. But first, I have some more immidiate issues that are extremeley time consuming and time sensitive to address.
But I will be planning a ToDoist rollout very soon.
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