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What's new in Asana | June 2024

Welcome to the June edition of What’s new in Asana. First, specify the impact of subgoals, projects, and tasks that automatically contribute to a goal’s progress with weighted goals. Next, view capacity plans grouped by projects to manage project staffing. Finally, manage your billing cycle more effectively by temporarily pausing the licenses of inactive users in your domain. For a full list of what’s new this month, check out our Release Notes in the Asana Help Center.

Find Out: Which Months Offer Five Paychecks (2024-2029)?

Suppose it is July, and when you check your bank account, you realize there is an extra pay you did not get in June. You are receiving three paychecks instead of the two paychecks, as usual. This is what you get in the world of five paycheck months. If you are paid bi-weekly, some months fall on 24 instead of 26, meaning that you will have one extra day to save or spend.

How to take effective meeting notes: Templates and tips

Taking good meeting notes is an important project management skill to have. By providing your stakeholders with good meeting notes, you’re offering clarity into important conversations and key decisions being made, even if they’re unable to make the meeting. In this article, we discuss different note-taking techniques so you can create effective meeting notes. Meetings are an important part of projects—they are where decisions get made and team members connect with each other.

My timesheet two ways: Calendar and Sheet view

In an effort to offer multiple ways to easily manage, view, and log time across all projects and tasks, we’re thrilled to share that you now have two ways to view your timesheet. Calendar view and Sheet view will both provide customizable, flexible, and efficient time logging experiences to better match how you choose to log your time.

Stop Selling Implementation Services (& Do This Instead) w/ Max Traylor

Agency clients I talk to often want more strategic consulting from the agencies they hire. At the same time, many agencies feel like the services they’re delivering are often undervalued by the clients they serve. If both of these are true, then why are so many agencies caught in what Pete Caputa calls the “Tactician’s Trap” where it feels like you’re on an endless hamster wheel selling implementation services without being valued for the strategic insights you can provide to your clients.

Why we need humans more than ever in the age of AI, featuring global employee communication expert Monique Zytnik (podcast recap)

Think humans are dispensable in the age of artificial intelligence (AI)? The opposite is true — we’ve never needed human intelligence in the workplace more to navigate organizational blind spots, communicate effectively, and lead with authenticity.

Understanding Effective Employee Management System

What makes an effective employee management system? An ideal staff monitoring system is one where there is no room for intrusive monitoring, everyone is working in coordination, and the workflow is obstruction-free. Furthermore, you also require a healthy working environment. However, how do you achieve that? With so many complex projects and tasks for you to handle, achieving a perfectly managed system can be a challenge. You need the best Productivity Measurement Software for the job.

How Remote Working is Changing the Way Leadership

How we work is changing, which means how leadership works are also changing. The rise of remote working has created new challenges for leaders, from managing teams across different timezones to fostering connections between colleagues who might never meet. But it’s not all bad news! The shift towards remote work can also present exciting opportunities for leaders to create more effective and efficient workplaces – if they know how.