Tag Archives: motivation

Keeping balance in your life

I think the topic is applicable to everyone who works. Whether you work for someone or for yourself. You do your best work when you are energized and excited. You can only be energized and excited if you have balance in your life – as a colleague of mine says, you need to fill your buckets before you can do a great job. Continue reading

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The Art of Project Management

Have you ever watched a PM be successful without an apparent methodology? Is this an example of good project management or lucky project management? Continue reading

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Novelist as Project Manager

The next series of posts will be about how I applied project management to writing a novel in 30 days. Think it’s crazy, project managment and creativity don’t mix? Well here’s how it starts. Continue reading

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Are you getting the truth?

A project manager needs to hear the truth from the team and the sponsor. In a project that is making significant changes in an organization, the PM can only be successful if they get the truth. It’s not a case of “you can’t handle the truth” but more of a case of “you can handle anything as long as you get the truth.” Continue reading

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Consultant, Contractor, or Employee

I am new to the consulting business. I worked for a great company for 32 years and when they restructured, it was my turn to go back into the real world, as we called it. I made the decision to become a consultant rather than look for a job because I realized I had a lot of broad experience and I wanted to offer my help to as many organizations as I could. Continue reading

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs as a project tool

It’s well worth reviewing some of the fundamentals of people management theory – I think you’ll recognize so of the aspects of current people management trends there. Continue reading

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