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books… Book Review: Teamwork is an Individual Skill 15 Dec 20144 Aug 2017 Teamwork Is an Individual Skill. The book title itself seems to turn our usual assumptions about teamwork upside down. And true to its title, the book tries to give its…
books… True communication is the response you get 7 Dec 2014 "True communication is the response you get. This phrase might need some explanation in order to make complete sense. It is based on the idea that no communication attempt initiated…
Business Value… Fighting Groupthink: How To Stop Conformity From Paralyzing Your Risk Management 8 Nov 20148 Nov 2014 "Over time, we learn to associate these two ideas: on the one hand, being in a crowd, and on the other, relinquishing responsibility. Crowd. Lack of responsibility. Crowd. Someone else…
books… Managing Your Emotions: In the Middle of a Tough Conflict 29 Oct 201429 Oct 2014 To beat a tough conflict, you need to quickly shift to a much bigger and higher state of mind than the conflict itself. The secret is to immediately think of…
books… 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? 16 Sep 2014 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…
books… Always Think Bigger, In Both Time and Space 5 Sep 2014 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…
books… AUTO: Around, Under, Through, or Over 22 Aug 2014 "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…
books… 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…
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