Do you ever feel overwhelmed by information and data?

There's a simple technique you can use to separate what's important from what's trivial. Its called the Pareto Chart, and although its been around for a long time. its still one of the best tools going to home in on what's important.

This week's Team Tips is all about using Pareto Charts. With seven easy-to-apply steps that'll take you less than three minutes to read, its packed with practical how-to tips that you should be able to put to work this week.

And to make things easier, we've provided an Excel template for Pareto Charts.

You can download the Pareto article, and the Excel Pareto Template, or sign up for other free team leaders articles from the Sevenrings website.