Advocating For Your Team
When was the last time you could select all the members on your team? Chances are as a Project Manager […]
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Leadership
Why Delivering Software is more a Challenge than a Race
A few weeks ago, I became a Tough Mudder for the first time. Tough Mudder is a British military style
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Project Managers wear PRADA
And who says Project Managers do not know fashion couture? How does this tie to what we do daily you
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Similarities Between Parenting a Newborn and Project Management
(Posted anonymously on behalf of a program engineering manager at a fine, upstanding organization where it would be best if
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Project Management Unplugged: Survival Skills for Changing Times
It happens to every program manager at least once. Your latest, greatest project was clicking along nicely, but now it’s
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Narrowing your career choices to your advantage
Recently I was approached by a professional struggling with what her next career position should be. Her background was in project management, but she could go back to school and get her MBA. She should start something on her own, or she could stay exactly where she is and focus on her PMP certification. She could take her transferable skills and move into operational management for the executive level. She could do this or that or the other. She was continually flip-flopping among all these options that she was stalled.
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Constantly Re-inventing oneself is one way to way to stay relevant.
Recently Justine Timberlake toured the talk-show circuit to promote his new 20/20 Experience (part 1) CD. I don’t know much about Justine Timberlake, but have learned a few things since he started his promotion tour that should be incorporated in everyone’s professional plans.
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How to speed up operations and deliveries.
With clients expecting orders to be turned around faster than in the past, how can a small business speed up their operations?
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How do companies prevent remote workers from feeling “left out”?
I recently received the following question: How do companies prevent remote workers from feeling “left out”? I’m not a fan
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5 Ways to Get That Raise
Have this ever happened to you? You get a great performance review; they are very pleased with your work; they say they would like to give you a raise — BUT, due to budget problems, it is not possible at that time. What do you do to succeed?
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Mirroring 3.0 – Rapport Building and the Enneagram
This post describes how the Enneagram can be used as a tool to help you build rapport with new acquaintances.
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