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Do You Know an Accidental Project Manager?
Do You Know an Accidental Project Manager? Barb works for a local financial services company. Her title is Manager, Operations and Support. I can tell you all about what she
It’s Time to Ask ‘Why?’
If you are a professional like me or an organization of any size, this is the time of the year when many of us should be asking why?
Do You Have a Sense of Humour (Humor)?
stop being so serious every hour of everyday. Come on down into the trenches and help lighten it up.
The Project Manager’s New Frontier – Strategy Execution
“You’ve got to think about big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.” —Alvin Toffler “Good business leaders create
Do You Motivate or Inspire?
I was working at the PMI Region 3 meetings in Boston this week when Ron MacDonald, PMI Chapter Partner, got me into a discussion about the difference between motivation and
Do You Have a Career Plan?
Do you have a plan for your career or are you just winging it? This post comes to you via video. Click here to view this week’s video blog post.
“I Try to Avoid Hiring PMPs”
Let’s start to think outside the box and focus on the business.
Is Agile an ‘all or nothing’ approach to project management?
Is Agile an ‘all or nothing’ approach to project management? No! The Agile methodology has its place – at the right time for the right project in the right environment
Tools I Use to Stay Organized
Last week I wrote about staying organized, suggesting I relied on three things… Goals Process Tools I outlined the first two. Today, I present my favourite tools. I love technology, but
How Do You Stay Organized?
Business is booming. Many of us are crazy busy and staying on top of it all can be very tricky. I have a fairly busy life. I blog every week,
The PIR – Did You Get The Notes From The Last Project?
The truth is that most of us don’t see the notes from the last project. Why? Because they don’t exist. Few organizations take the time and effort to stop what
Planning is Good – But You Have to Follow Through
A solid strategic execution plan starts with these questions. Just taking the time after the initial planning phase, to go through this list, is more than most organizations will do.
Scalability and Common Sense
We are all guilty at some stage of our lives of using the wrong tool in the wrong place or using the right tool in the wrong way.
‘Where to Now?’ said the Project Manager?
Where to now? Project managers have options these days and that’s the good news.
Motivating Our Project Teams is Not Easy
There are thousands of these resources working for our organizations and they are dying to be empowered with what we know for their ‘sometimes, not very expensive, not mission-critical’ projects.
What About All The Other Projects?
There are thousands of these resources working for our organizations and they are dying to be empowered with what we know for their ‘sometimes, not very expensive, not mission-critical’ projects.
Managing Horizontally – Podcast with Judy McCreery
What are the business outcomes and how do we need to look to get it done?
Healthy Projects Provide a Learning Environment for Everyone
Our projects should create an environment that helps our people learn and grow as professionals.
Healthy Projects Deliver Value to the Customer
Healthy projects deliver value to the business.
Are Your Projects “Healthy”? Part 3
Two weeks ago, I introduced the idea of healthy projects. Healthy projects: contain team members and stakeholders that are happy. have clients that are satisfied. deliver value to the
Are Your Projects “Healthy”? Part 2
Healthy projects contain happy team members and most of that responsibility lies on the shoulders of the team leader – most often the project manager.
Are Your Projects “Healthy”?
Do any of you put your projects through an annual physical? Okay, maybe not the best title but you know what I mean. As with our own physical, the best news would be that our projects have been given a clean bill of health.
The Art of Decision Making
Good decision making skills are in my top 5 list of the most important leadership qualities. If you ask a group of employees about what they look for in a
How do You Write an Executive Summary?
Executives summaries are the most important element of any report. Do it right and you may hear the words “You had me after the executive summary” instead of “What report are you referring to?”
Five Things I Learned About Communicating with Millennials
Give immediate feedback and respond quickly
Managing Change Every Day – and Interview with John Preiditsch
Change management and strategy execution.
What is the Secret to Starting Every Presentation?
…The art and the science of using the first few minutes of your presentation to ensure that you grab the audience’s attention immediately.
Big Initiatives Require a Sound Process
Rolling out a new idea is tricky in any organization. But you can avoid major headaches as long as you have a plan and involve your people in the process.
Happy Holidays
That’s what I do – help leaders, of all types, get ‘stuff’ done.
To Be Successful You Must Be Seen
Be different. If you are swimming with a big school of fish, no one is going to notice you.