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Quote: Rule 3: People Communicate with Stories

5 Oct 20155 Oct 2015
"In conversations, people don't spit out bullet pointed facts.  Instead, they use stories.  When you listen attentively, you encourage the speaker to expand on and tell more stories.  The clues…
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Are You Serving Your Stakeholders or Your Project Plan?

21 Sep 20154 Aug 2017
We spend some portion of our time every day as customers, but we never seem to remember the customers we serve when we run our projects. As PM's we focus on delivering…
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Book Review: Triggers: Creating Behavior that Lasts

20 Aug 201520 Aug 2015
"If there's one 'disease' that I'm trying to cure in this book, it revolves around our total misapprehension of our environment.  We think we are in sync with our environment,…
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What Kind of Discussion Type Are You?

4 Aug 20154 Aug 2015
"Every person, every system, every product, every idea has faults. In the best-case scenario, an awareness of this fact can lead to a determined pursuit of perfection. But in many…
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Book Review: No One Understands You And What To Do About It

14 Jul 201514 Jul 2015
By Joelle A. Godfrey "You are never really starting from scratch with another person, even when you are meeting him or her for the first time.  The perceiver's brain is…
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Book Review: Meetings Matter

7 Jun 20157 Jun 2015
It is unusual when blurbs on book covers capture the truth about a book. I tend to read the blurbs with a large scoopful of salt. For all I care,…
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Quote: Perspectives shape your experience

27 Apr 201527 Apr 2015
"Perspectives shape your experience - of meetings, of relationships, of life.  Sometimes you need to lead with your attitude.  You simply need to choose to step into the world with…
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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…
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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…
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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…

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