Finding the Ideal Client
Everyone wants to work with the ideal client, but how many consultants and entrepreneurs out there can afford the luxury of holding out for this mythical
Deming had it right 60 years ago
Still continuing my reading on Agile Project Management and ran across W. Edward Deming's famous "Fourteen Principles of Management" again (for the
The Agile Manifesto
Spent some time today reading over some Agile Project Management blogs and articles and found the Agile Manifesto. The "Principles behind the Agile
PMThink! – Leadership Practices
A great post over on PMThink! titled "Leadership Practices: Sound Advice" that is worth sharing. The post discusses a recent article in CIO Magazine
Communication….or noise?
I was researching the term "servant leader" today and ran across a few quotes from Robert Greenleaf, the man credited with coining that phrase. The quote
Erik Mazzone’s “A Question”
Erik Mazzone posted a thoughtful question in his post titled "A Question". An excerpt: What is the one most important conversation that you have not had
A Tale of Two CEO’s
The Jan 15 2007 BusinessWeek Magazine has an article about Bob Nardelli's ouster at Home Depot (another good article about his ouster is at the New York
Building Buzz for yourself
During my usual Sunday evening read through my favorite blogs, I read an interesting post at the Brazen Careerist titled "How to build buzz around
Service-Oriented Project Management
Until reading Jerry Manas' white paper titled "Service Oriented Project Management" (SOPM) I had never heard this term before (have I been hiding under a
Survey shows trust in management is declining
Management Issues has an interesting article about the apparent decline of trust that employees have in management. The article, titled "Fewer than half
Free program from Lisa Haneberg
Lisa Haneberg is offering her Two Weeks to a Breakthrough program for free to a few folks. Details are here. Two Weeks to a Breakthrough program, Lisa
Quought for the Day* – David Maister
Rajesh Setty at Life Beyond Code has been posting "Quought for the Day*" posts for the last few weeks (see the end of this post for the definition of
Trusted Advisor Associates on Not Exceeding Expectations
Trusted Advisor Associates has a great post titled "Trust Tip 38: Don't Exceed Expectations" that is definitely worth a read. A nice quote from the post
Stephen Seay- Description of Roles within Projects
Stephen Seay has a great write-up of the roles within projects in his post titled Project Roles and Responsibilities. Stephen's descriptions are succinct
Earned Value Management – The next ‘buzzword’?
Projects@Work has a new article titled "(L)earned Value" that discusses the 'new trend' of implementing Earned Value Management (EVM) systems for use
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