Taking time for powerful just-in-time learning
Jeff and I are posting this week about different ways to effectively learn new project skills, including the value of …
Jeff and I are posting this week about different ways to effectively learn new project skills, including the value of …
Jeff talked yesterday about the value of practicing new tools and skills, to truly master them for application in the …
What the pros know – leaps in ability, consistent performance Read More »
My parents live in Louisiana and unfortunately got hit hard by Hurricane Gustav a few weeks ago. Their home was …
Charting a path through uncertainty to reduce team anxiety Read More »
I have come to believe that leadership is really about what you do and influence others to do, rather than primarily …
A final bonus post on Great PMs – notes on the leadership persona Read More »
I wanted to do my last big post on bridging from these ideas of what constitutes a great PM to what …
Today I want to tackle a couple of typical questions I hear about what a great PM needs to be …
Great PMs – Perfection not a requirement, flexibility and fit a must Read More »
Continuing my observations on what executives value – what THEY think makes a great PM. First, by contrast, it’s interesting …
So what DO executives think of us as project managers and what do they value? I know from conferences and …
This week I’ll be writing about what it means to be a great project manager – from the perspective of my …
Today I wanted to tackle how project managers and their approach to that role can be seen as boon to …
Part 6 of 6 on Teamwork: How the PM can make or break the project’s teamwork Read More »
One of the things I’ve tried to do in this series is use some “word pictures”: ways of describing things …
A friend once emailed me with a burning question about “A Situation” with a particular team member. What had started …
Part 4 of 6 on Teamwork: Bottom Lines – A tool for achieving interpersonal teamwork Read More »
My first two posts in this teamwork rumination (last week’s post here and yesterdays “part 2” here) set up the idea that …
Teamwork: Victims and Vanquishers (part 3 of 6 on observations on true teamwork) Read More »
In a post last week I talked about “teamwork” not being a warm and fuzzy concept to me. To me the concept of …
More on “teamwork” – how individual team members’ knowing and doing makes the team Read More »
Someone asked me recently “How do I know whether I’m using ‘just enough’ project management on my project?” My thoughts …
Last week I led a workshop aimed at project managers who are ‘beyond the basics’ and looking to take a …
PM disappointment – no silver bullets for the hard problems! Read More »