Canada-based TDG Marketing is a full-service marketing agency with a talented team of strategists, graphic designers, videographers, video editors, content creators and copywriters working across Ontario and beyond. The agency handles a wide range of projects, from large government-funded initiatives to smaller projects with local startups and delivers a broad spectrum of services, including, strategy, brand identity, research, graphic design, video production, web design, email marketing, and more.   Founded in the year 2000, TDG Marketing is focused on helping its clients expa ..read more

As businesses continue to grow and evolve, project management is an absolutely essential component of completing tasks effectively and efficiently. And a Project Management Office (PMO) can significantly aid in this endeavor, providing a centralized location for project information and tracking. However, in order to ensure that the PMO is performing in the best way possible, it’s necessary to track key performance indicators (KPIs) that provide insight into its success. And what better way to track your PMO KPIs than using your completely free demo of Hive? 1. Project delivery time Project del ..read more

If you feel stuck in a rut — like your days are all starting to blend, diversity your routine. Monotony collapses time. “Variety is the spice of life,” says William Cowper. When we engage in repetitive activities or routines, time passes faster because we are not fully engaged in the present. To avoid the collapse of time caused by monotony, diversify your day. It leads to boredom or feeling like time passes too quickly without any sense of accomplishment or fulfillment. On the other hand, when we engage in new and diverse experiences, time slows down because we are fully present. We begin to ..read more

Strategic thinking is one of the most powerful leadership skills, but that doesn’t mean all leaders possess it. You don’t just wake up one morning and decide to be a great strategist  – you grow into one with practice and experience.  “Most people get rewarded and promoted into leadership positions by being good ‘do-ers’ of tactical projects. However, to grow into an exceptional leader, you must learn how to think in terms of strategy and become adept at translating strategic priorities into tactical actions to achieve desired outcomes,” says Mark Mears, former Fortune 500 Executive ..read more

You can’t reach your goals without properly measuring performance. And you can’t properly measure performance without focusing on the right KPIs. Enter leading and lagging indicators, two types of metrics that should be on your radar.  The difference between leading and lagging indicators  “Think about leading indicators of predictive measures that provide insight into future performance, while lagging indicators are retrospective measures that indicate past performance,” says Benjamin Talin, CEO & Founder of MoreThanDigital. “Leading indicators can help identify potential proble ..read more

As a military spouse, a huge part of my life has been moving from duty station to duty station following my husband’s job. While I loved traveling to new states and meeting new people, these moves were not great for me in growing my career. My life became a series of “always a coordinator, never a manager,” and by the time I worked enough in a position to where I was ready to promote–it was time to move again. While this isn’t a pity party about my constant moves, I’m just pointing out that while I desperately wanted to be a manager more than anything, I spent almost a decade as a coordinator ..read more

Existence and living a full life are two distinct concepts. Existing simply means being alive, while living a full life means experiencing a range of emotions, pursuing interests, forming meaningful connections with others, and finding purpose and fulfillment in daily experiences. Many people may go through life simply existing, going through the motions without actively engaging with the world around them. Mere existence can easily lead to dissatisfaction, boredom, and existential meaninglessness. Cristina Marrero was right when she said, “Better to have lived in truth and discovered life tha ..read more

If you think a simple celebration channel on Slack is enough to motivate your employees, you couldn’t be more wrong. If celebrating successes is an afterthought for managers or employers, productivity and engagement will surely go down. If you need to seriously rethink how your team is celebrating successes, read on for some tips from Dr. Joel A. Davis Brown, Chief Visionary Officer of Pneumos LLC and author of The Souls of Queer Folk: How Understanding LGBTQ+ Cultural Values Can Transform Your Leadership Practice – and some ways you can try out Hive for free to make your celebrations legendar ..read more

“The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.” — W.M. Lewis Have you ever found yourself stuck in a situation where you had to make a terrible time trade-off? Perhaps you had to choose between a meet-up with an old friend and a new episode of your favorite tv show. Or you had to sacrifice time with your family to work on a time-intensive side hustle. Terrible time trade-offs are situations where you are forced to choose between two or more options, all of which have negative consequences or trade-offs. In other words, you lose something valuable no m ..read more

The goal of any business is to grow and succeed, and the most effective way to accomplish this is by setting smart goals and tracking progress. However, organizations have to differentiate between different goals in order to measure the success of each. Two of the most popular methods of goal setting are Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). “KPIs and OKRs ensure that employees remain engaged with their work and with the overall goals of the company. They provide employees with the clarity and focus they need in order to achieve success,” Christina Cavanaugh ..read more