{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"What Works","title":"EP 258: Managing Multi-Layer Projects With Kaye Publicity Founder Dana Kaye","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3331,"description":"\n\n\n\n\nThe Nitty-Gritty:\n\n\n\n* How Kaye Publicity founder Dana Kaye plans and manages multi-layer book publicity projects* The tools she uses to track progress, run reports, and organize the information that goes into every project* How her team members take ownership of different areas of each project* Why she’s learning to take a more top-level role in each project they manage\n\n\n\n\n\nOne of my most important personal commitments from last year was to “work the system.”\n\n\n\nIn other words, I wanted to stop constantly reinventing the wheel, breaking things that weren’t broken, and looking for new novel things to add to my plate.\n\n\n\nI wanted to take the systems that we had as a company and work them. No more pretending that I didn’t have to follow the procedure or document my work just because I was the boss. No more excuses for why my tasks weren’t getting checked off or the process wasn’t getting completed.\n\n\n\nJust working the systems we had, making them better, and following through until every last item was crossed off the list.\n\n\n\nBy and large, I was pretty successful! I confirmed this with my team to make sure I wasn’t blowing smoke up my own butt.\n\n\n\nWhat I’ve discovered as I’ve embraced working the system is that—against all odds—I actually love it. In fact, now that I’ve been working the systems for a year, I see systems everywhere. I see how they make things better, how they make me better.\n\n\n\nAnd I relish getting those set up and figuring out how they can become more effective.\n\n\n\nSince I’ve decided to finally embrace not only having systems in my business but actually using them myself, I thought it would be fun to kick off the new year at What Works by focusing on project management.\n\n\n\nIn other words, what does it take to make sure that the projects we start are projects we can finish?\n\n\n\nAnd how do different kinds of projects take on different forms as we use tools to track and complete them? And… how do different kinds of business owners approach...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/AmfGeDL96-fhMaeOcqmX7TK_eWrvTLco6OJj2QpZtZI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NGUx/OWY5ZDg1M2E5MmU3/ZjEwOWVmNDM3MWVh/ZjZlOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}