Only 30 Percent Are Engaged At Work And It Is Our Fault
Data we’ve collected show that in the U.S only 30 percent of people are engaged at work. Gallup
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Team Storms Are Necessary And Normal
A project team moves through several stages of growth and each stage has issues that the project manager may have to manage.
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Project Management Is Primarily Team Building
Rarely does the project manager do any “real” work that adds value to the results of the project. The real work is in building the project team.
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Let Them Rant!
If they are angry then just let them rant and listen carefully as part of the solution is probably right in front of you.
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Why We Need Project Management Islands of Excellence
The island of excellence might be a project that cuts across the organization or it might be just a team. We give them the room to do things a little different.
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Being A Manager Is Hard But Not For The Reasons I Expected
I got into management because that was where the problems were. This would be simple, I thought, get the management right and then we could get the job done right. Boy, was I delusional.
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Project Managers Teach Your Daughters War Games!
Consider finding innovative ways, like teaching your daughters to play wargames, to motivate people to do or learn useful project skills.
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Are We Project Managing Or Sending In The Clowns?
Ways we try to help but actually undermine the project. As a senior manager, try to avoid these. As the project manager, try and manage around them if we can not get relief otherwise.
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In Project Management The “A” Student Can Be A Problem
I've always been fascinated by how projects and organizations populated by a lot of smart people often just didn't do well. I spent 20 years in the Air Force followed by just over 10 years in the corporate world. There was an unsettling management consistency between these two worlds. I've come to call it the "A" Student Syndrome.
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How Mentoring Can Be An Effective Project Management Tool
My best mentors helped me figure out how to do my job better by giving me information and insight, and not by yelling at me to work harder or to stop bringing up all my crazy project management tool ideas!
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Do You Manage Your Project Team By Data Or By Direction?
Project managers can see from a kid's morning routine why using data instead of direction can often be a better tool for getting the results we want.
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Is Your Project Schedule Really Driven By Your Requirements?
Sometimes it is the team process and not the project requirements that determines a project's schedule.
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Self-Managing Teams In Project Management? Is That Possible?
The project manager needs to control and direct her team with the help of her project management tools. The notion of a self-managing team seems to undermine the ability of the project manager to control and direct. What is really going on here?
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