This Month’s Agile Interview Corner Features Alexander Frumkin Talking About Psychological Safety
This interview was conducted and written by SVPM Scrum Team program volunteers, Katie Karp and Meghana Panth. Executive Editor, Donald …
This interview was conducted and written by SVPM Scrum Team program volunteers, Katie Karp and Meghana Panth. Executive Editor, Donald …
Hello, this is Laura Lee Rose. I am a speaker and author. I am an expert in time and project …
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A recent Pew Research Center survey found that managers are more satisfied with their family life, jobs and overall financial …
Why are managers more satisfied with their life than non-managerial employees? Read More »
4 weeks after I had completed his taxes for him, I asked this friend-first-removed if he had received his refund yet. He confessed that he has the forms signed, but he has not mailed them in yet.
“Well — you know you can’t get your money, until you mail the forms in….”
It’s the same in life and work. It’s more difficult to get what you really want if you don’t explicitly ask for it and then follow-through with your plan.
Does your team seem to be allergic to process? Have you been trying to implement project management best practices and …
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I received the below great question a few days after my Art of War for Product Managers and High-Performing Professionals. …
What if two product managers disagree on something and can only agree to disagree? Read More »
(This article is part of a series originally published in Japan by ALC Press English Journal, and is written in …
This is Laura Lee Rose, a business and life coach that specializes in professional development, time management, project management and …
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With some additional proactive (Quadrant 2 preparation — sign up for the online coaching sessions for more information on this technique), …
Time-boxing is a method which allows you to do everything that you want to do without the above pitfall. You …
It seems like I’m talking and writing about change quite a lot these days. And there’s good reason for that. …
This article is about attention and focus, in your own life and the life of the teams you lead. Attention …
As a Project Manager, it is going to be necessary to pave the way through obstacles that come up as the project progresses. Some say that this is the main responsibility of a Project Manager, and I tend to agree. It is up to the Project Manager to ensure that obstacles are dealt with and mitigated before they affect the project team and the project itself. Generally, there are three different kinds of obstacles that projects face: Technical, Political, and Emotional.
Think about a person that you would follow regardless of where they were going. What makes them a leader worth following? In terms of the business world, a leader doesn’t necessarily make decisions, and a leader doesn’t necessarily have the highest ranking title. A true leader is someone that has earned the trust and respect of their team; and as a result, that team will follow that person in whatever direction they take.
Scrappy Project Management Mindset Series – Part 4 of 4. If you’re going to lead projects to success you’ve gotta …