In Praise of MBWA (Management By Walking Around)
I am, at heart, an analyst. There is nothing that would please me more than being able to shut my …
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I am, at heart, an analyst. There is nothing that would please me more than being able to shut my …
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OK. It’s not really a battle. I have, however, recently been asked by many people whether they should consider getting …
Don’t just do something, stop and think!” Probably haven’t heard that one recently, have we? I do an exercise with …
Is Project Management a creative process? Full disclosure: I believe it is. I’ve had some colleagues vigorously take the opposing …
Difficult people. I really don’t like that term. Think back… haven’t all of us been perceived as “difficult” at least …
Recently, I had a relatively young (at this stage of my life, it seems most people are in this category) …
“Project management? That’s just a lot of useless overhead!” I remember hearing variations of this a lot years ago. …
On this theme of Conventional Wisdom…. Not too long ago I was hearing lots of things about Agile. Most of …
I have been lucky enough to witness (and in some cases be a part of) several overturns of conventional wisdom. …
Know any control-freaks?
For many of them, control is an illusion. Paradoxically, by grasping for more control, they often get less.
The ability to influence people is a good skill for a project manager. Isn’t it?
Isn’t it our job as PMs to influence people on the project? To find ways to get our stakeholders onboard?
Could it be that one person’s influencing can be another’s political manipulation?