Joelle A. Godfrey – Page 5 – Shisso

Mental Models

21 Sep 201421 Sep 2014

Do you control your mental models, or, do your mental models control you? If you are not aware that you have a choice of how to look at a situation…

Business Acumen…

Is Good Strategy also Good Project Management?

Picture This: You’re in the middle of a constantly changing terrain - where your resources, external influences and even the tactical objectives can change overnight. Your objective: to navigate through a valley…

Always Think Bigger, In Both Time and Space

Always think bigger doesn't mean you can solve your problem by imagining you are bigger than you actually are. However, the stuckness you experience as obstacle and conflict is often…

Staying Motivated: Keeping Your Focus on Daily Quality

Quality. The term itself seems to lend itself to all the wrong images and connotations. It seems to give off an ‘eat your broccoli’, ‘floss your teeth’ kind of feeling.…

AUTO: Around, Under, Through, or Over

"I use the acronym AUTO as my guide and motivator. When confronted with a life challenge or rotten banana, I think AUTO: Around, Under, Through or Over. Any way your…

Book Review: From Projects to Programs, a Program Manager’s Journey

19 Aug 201419 Aug 2014

Can you define Program Management? How different is it from Project Management? What does a Program Manager ‘do’ if they are not managing the projects in their program? Those are…

A Project is an Act of Creation

A project is an act of creation, whether it simply repeats a product that has been made before or boldly attempts something novel.... The process of creating involves both originality…

Manage Conflict Through Discovery?

There’s more than one way to skin a cat. This is a very old saying essentially meaning there is more than one way to get to your goal. Most people…

Business Value…

Meeting Manners: 3 Project Management Hacks

I’m always searching for new hacks for Project Management. This past week I ran across two from different sources: one from Inc magazine, another from SPAM. Since three really is…

Communication Management…

Give Yourself the Gift of Patience

Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear? - Tao Te Ching Last Saturday I had plans to…