conflict… Can our fears make us better Project Managers? 16 Apr 201416 Apr 2014 Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt. - Measure for Measure My least favorite thing on the planet are horror movies.…
Business Value… Lessons Learned from Japanese: For Project Management 17 Feb 2014 I am a linguaphile. Not one of those people who spend hours pouring over grammar books or looking up obscure words. My grammar has always been shaky and my…
Communication Management… Are We On the Same Page? 13 Aug 2013 Are we on the same page? That question has already become a cliche, but it captures the sense that we're talking in circles around each other, not really attacking the…
Agile… Book Review: Commitment 28 Jul 20135 Aug 2013 Feeling trapped by your circumstances? You might be looking at some of your options as commitments. In Commitment, Olav Maasen and Chris Matts write that deferring a decision until the…
Business Acumen… Positive Putty 3 Mar 20124 Mar 2012 When I came back from Christmas Holidays...I was given a silver, round container with blue lettering on the lid which read: Positive Putty: Squeeze and Achieve. Our PMO Director had given…
Branding… Chop Wood, Carry Water: Getting Work Done 25 Feb 2012 Now that the day's over with, I can get some work done! - Some unknown person The moment I heard those words come out of my mouth I realized how upside…
books… Book Review: Secrets to Mastering the WBS in Real-World Projects 25 Sep 201025 Sep 2010 What we think we know, versus what is, can result in some of our biggest problems. We make assumptions and decisions without understanding the larger picture. Given that weakness, tools that…
Business Value… How to Improve Your Virtual Meetings 10 Jul 2010 Life is full of situations that you can’t control. As a project manager this galls me on a regular basis, but I’ve learned to minimize the irritation by trying to…
Business Acumen… Unwritten Rules of Virtual Team Meetings (That no one ever really follows) 26 Jun 2010 We’ve come a long way from tribal living. We no longer talk to faces around nightly campfires. Today we listen to voices piped into our ears while sitting in air…
books… June 2010: Bug on the Windshield: Personal Effectiveness, Project Management & Fun 19 Jun 201019 Jun 2010 It’s the third week of the month again. If you’re new here, the third week of every month, I pull together all the links that I’ve run into since last…
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