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The Ant and the Elephant: Quotes Worth Considering

20 Apr 201520 Apr 2015

After re-reading The Ant and the Elephant last week to write the review, I found some quotes from the book that shook me up and made me think. These quotes are another…

Equip Yourself To Reach Your Goals: The Ant and The Elephant

13 Apr 201513 Apr 2015

Imagine someone watching the 1988 Olympic Opening Parade and getting the crazy idea that they’d like to be one of the athletes marching in the next Olympic parade. Imagine that they have…

Business Acumen…

Communicating to Internal Teams

30 Mar 201530 Mar 2015

Which is the best answer for "How do team members find out what's happening on your project?" A. At the Watercooler B. On the Sharepoint Site C. Osmosis D. Project…

Watch How You Talk To Yourself

23 Mar 201523 Mar 2015

We can be our own worst enemy at times. Whether we say the words out loud or not, we are always talking to ourselves. Just as guard rails can prevent…

Nine Indications that You Need To Take the Day Off

16 Mar 201516 Mar 2015

If you're one of those hardworking project managers that drag themselves to work whether they have a cough or a low-grade fever - this quiz is for you. You've been…

Introducing Change: Three Ways to Engage Your Stakeholders

2 Mar 20152 Mar 2015

"I don't need to tell you that now, more than ever, we need sideways thinkers like you. We need more dents in the status quo, more disruptions of business-as-usual and…

Experimenting with Personal Kanban

After reading Personal Kanban, I wanted to try running with some of the authors' ideas in the real world. And why not? All I needed was a Kanban board and a…

Business Acumen…

Are We Building Widgets or Reducing Costs? Using Benefits to Drive our Project Focus

8 Feb 20158 Feb 2015

As Project Managers we communicate daily to Customers, Salespeople and Senior Management. We could be using the PMI-approved words and concepts, but our focus may be frustrating our audience. To effectively…

Book Review: Personal Kanban

"Like Traffic, work does not fit. Work flows." - Personal Kanban Do you ever look up at the end of the day and wonder 1) Where the day went? 2)…

Course Corrections: PM Acceptance of Change

18 Jan 201518 Jan 2015

"Course corrections are not project management failures, nor do they suggest a loss of control - quite the opposite in fact. Rigid plans with fixed definitions of success limit our…