Accelerating Team Performance
Knowing that all teams need to go through each stage from forming to storming before getting to norming and performing, […]
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Leadership
The Quest for the Ultimate Project Management Checklist
I went diving in the Esterelles (Cote d’Azur, France) this morning and was quite impressed with the thoroughness of the
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The Art of Unplugging
A week ago, I returned from an amazing vacation to Alaska. I spent eight days on the Nautilus Swell, a
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Watch Your Language!
Have you ever noticed when people ask you how you’re doing, you will almost invariably answer based on the emotional
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Which Comes First, Credibility or Trust?
When it comes to being an effective Project Manager, one of your greatest assets in leading your project teams is
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Why Won’t They Change?
It seems like I’m talking and writing about change quite a lot these days. And there’s good reason for that.
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7 Steps to Make your Online Reputation Sparkle & Shine
Your online reputation score is your new credit score … Today, I’d like to share with you what I’ve learned
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Where Does Your Personal Information Go? Ask a Data Broker
Earlier this week, I posted a blog called Are You Keeping Track of Being Tracked (Part 1). It is basically
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Are You Keeping Track of Being Tracked?
Last week, I decided to review my professional social networks to figure out which ones to keep and which
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The Importance of the Pre-Meeting
If there is one thing I hate at work, it is being caught by surprise on one of my projects. As a Project Manager, I should not be surprised by anything that comes up in my Status Meetings. To avoid getting side-swiped by any news, I do my best to keep an eye on all aspects of my projects, at least on a high level.
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How to get your Project Plan to Work for You
‘Project plans’ as utilized in a business function, are used as a communications tool and a form of checklist of tasks. Keeping that in mind, the best place to start with creating your plan is to start with the high level deliverables of your project, and then break each of those deliverables down into the tasks that it will take to get them completed. I tend to treat this part of my project plan as my ‘brain dump’. I put in the high-level deliverables, then ask ‘then what?’
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