Leadership, Management, and Integrity – the VPE Perspective
Role of the VPE in Management The role of the VPE has two essential tasks: (1) to build and direct […]
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Team Leadership
Understanding Customers – as a VP of Engineering
Understanding Customers – as a VP of Engineering What role does understanding the customer and the market play in the
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Red flags indicating possible project failure
Designing, implementing and integrating major IT systems has numerous pitfalls that don’t appear, for example, in building construction. People who
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Building a greenhouse can highlight critical elements of a successful project in any discipline – part 2
The process of procuring and building a greenhouse has given me some very concrete examples of some of the most
Building a greenhouse can highlight critical elements of a successful project in any discipline
My wife, Karen, and I recently relocated from the Silicon Valley to the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. The process
3 Keys to Taking Over a Failing Project
Have you just said yes to taking over a big mess-in-the-making? Whether you’re a VP or new manager, whether the
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How do you get it over the finish line?
Today’s entry I wanted to focus on a tactical, down-in-the-trenches topic that several of my colleagues and I have bantered
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Replay with additional proactive techniques
With some additional proactive (Quadrant 2 preparation — sign up for the online coaching sessions for more information on this technique),
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Replay with Time-boxing and Parking Lot method.
Time-boxing is a method which allows you to do everything that you want to do without the above pitfall. You
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Creating a “No Excuse Zone” around you Part 3
Below is Part 3 of a 3-Part article designed to help IT and database professionals stay on top of their game in an ever-changing trade. Part 1 and 2 describes examples of how we inadvertently make excuses for our lack of progress in certain areas of our careers.
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The Pentic Code
Robert Langdon stirred angrily in his sleep in his extravagantly luxurious hotel suite in central London. The phone on the