Most things are not what they seem
Raleigh certainly had a white Christmas this year (2010). The previous Raleigh Christmas (Dec 25th) snow was in 1947. When […]
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Leadership
What remote managers need to know about staying on top of remote and global employees.
Last article we discussed some of the down-side to working remotely (either from home or from an off-site office). We discussed some techniques an employee can stay in the spotlight, even when they are not located in the same site as their reporting manager, cohorts or those making the salary decisions. Today, we’ll cover the challenges and solutions from the managerial position.
A primary concern for a manager is : as your team starts to grow apart in location, how do I assure the team doesn’t also “grow apart as a team”. How does one keep a cohesive workforce across both distance and time zones?
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Is working from home the fast track toward the door?
Is working from home the fast track toward the door? What remote workers need to know about staying in the
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Experts still research
New advances come up all the time, even in the area of “do-it-yourself”. The combination of the internet, wireless connections, and powerful search engines allow people access to more information with little effort or time investment. Armed with this information, people are more likely to “do-it-themselves”. Unfortunately, the consequences are as bountiful as the information. One of the consequences to small businesses may be a loss of a potential client.
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What If We Can’t Get Along?
Most of us dislike conflict and prefer to avoid it than confront it. If we don’t learn how to deal
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What if We Can’t Agree?
Most of us dislike conflict and prefer to avoid it than confront it. If we don’t learn how to deal
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Are You the Right One?
Screening project team members requires project managers to see beyond accomplishments and credentials.
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What’s the color of the sky in your project world?
-Defining and Driving a realistic metrics strategy – The Risks and Benefits of metrics No matter your role in the
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No need for a conductor … really!
To conduct or not …! Following on from my concept of using analogies and stories to break bad news, here
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Fresh or sour?
Can I honestly say I play Chess? In my earlier blog I introduced the concept of using stories to break
Explaining broken projects …
Unfortunately from time to time we have projects that are not the “world according to project management”? Sadly that’s not
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