Four Facets of the Cross-Culture Project Manager
About one generation ago, management styles focused on the concept of a “happy worker is a good worker.” Organizations focused […]
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Leadership
Some rules are meant to be broken….
When things are not going our way, we need to stop and evaluate; because things are supposed to work smoothly together. So, when we find any type of resistance, chances are something isn’t matching. Either the rules or the people involved are not aligned. Once again – no one is doing anything wrong. It’s just not a perfect match, yet.
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Handling delays in a project schedule (Part III)
This is the second part of a three part article discussing “how does a project manager intelligently handle delays?”
Last article we focused on acknowledging the natural flow of a project which includes periodic speed bumps and roadblocks. In today’s article we’ll focus on using critical path analysis to assist with project management. Diagramming the critical paths of a project accomplishes several things:
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Handling the speed-bumps in a project schedule (Part I)
Last week I was taping a series of lectures for the Sequel Server World Wide User Group (SSWUG.org), and I was asked “how does a project manager handle items that causes us to miss deadlines?”
This is an interesting question, because every project will have speed bumps. A good project manager expects speed-bumps and actually plans for the unexpected. So – how does one do this intelligently to synchronize with the final delivery dates?
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Handling the delays in a project schedule (Part II)
This is the second part of a three part article discussing “how does a project manager intelligently handle delays in a project?”
Last article we focused on acknowledging the natual flow of a project which includes periodic speed bumps and roadblocks. In today’s article we’ll focus on using recovery protocol plans to assist with project management.
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Tips to increase effectiveness and efficiency at the office
Many of us like to think of ourselves are multi-tasking experts. But in reality, multi-tasking is an euphemism for “interruption”
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Are Businesswomen Contributing Enough? Nope!
Not even close! Don’t take my word for it. I’m educated as a scientist, and I do everything I can
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Weed Your Life
Here’s another personal musing promoted by what I’ve come to call the “alcoholidays”. This time of year my mind wanders
Holiday Compassion All Year Long
This time of year in the US many people, including me and my family, celebrate Christmas. It’s the most important
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Do Affirmations and Quotes Work for You?
In the first and second blog posts of this series we talked about heavy stuff. I shared some thoughts about
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Forgiveness: Is a Workplace Grudge Holding You Back?
In my first blog post, I shared some thoughts about disappointment, one of two key human conditions that I’ve observed
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