EB
Aug 22, 2008
The Fifth Discipline

OK...I probably don't have to review the The Fifth Discipline.  It's a classic...everyone has read it.  Bas de Baar had an excellent review of this book

EB
Aug 20, 2008
The worst reason for not hiring someone?

I think I found it....and it happened to me. Warning...small rant. Imagine you are a hiring manager trying to find someone to lead a group of IT

EB
Aug 19, 2008
After the UTD Project Management Symposium

As mentioned here and here, I presented a paper titled "Project Management and the Stockholm Syndrome" at the 2nd Annual University of Texas at Dallas

EB
Aug 18, 2008
UTD Project Management Symposium

Just a reminder...the 2nd Annual University of Texas Project Management Symposium is today and tomorrow (August 18 & 19). Yours truly will be

EB
Aug 16, 2008
Webinar: Charles Green on How to Build Trust

Charles Green is giving a live webinar on How to Build Trust in Sales Conversations on Thursday August 21.  The webinar looks like a good one...as is most

EB
Aug 11, 2008
Linus Torvalds on Managing Software Projects

CIO.com has an interview with Linus Torvalds that I'd just had to share...very interesting commentary from Linus on managing software projects. In the

EB
Aug 8, 2008
My reading list

Instead of a book review like the last two Fridays, I wanted to throw my current reading list up and get any comments and/or recommendations for other

EB
Aug 7, 2008
Great Customer Service: Portfoliositez.com

Perhaps you've read my rant on Blu Domain...maybe you haven't.  If not, feel free to click over and read it here. Well...today I'm going to praise

EB
Aug 5, 2008
Results over Process

Timothy Johnson takes a swipe at methodologies in his post titled "Worshipping the Hammer".  To be more accurate, he takes a swipe at those people who

EB
Aug 1, 2008
a sense of urgency

John P. Kotter, author of "Leading Change" and "Our Iceberg is Melting" is set to release a new book titled "a sense of urgency" (release date September 3

EB
Jul 28, 2008
Guest Post: This is Why You Should Change Careers

This is a guest post by Heather Johnson, who writes on the subject of how to become a nurse. She invites your feedback at heatherjohnson2323 at gmail dot

EB
Jul 25, 2008
Outsmart!

Jim Champy's new book titled "Outsmart!: How to Do What Your Competitors Can't" is an interesting book.  It's short and easy to read...and full of some

EB
Jul 23, 2008
Reasons for Resisting Change

Peter Vajda has a great post over on Slow Leadership titled "Why People Resist Change" that is well worth the time to read. Peter argues that the reasons

EB
Jul 21, 2008
Social Networking in the Enterprise

There's an interesting story on ReadWriteWeb (RWW) and the Wall Street Journal this week about Social Networking failures in the enterprise. An excerpt

EB
Jul 21, 2008
Note to Self: Think before publishing

I was reminded this past weekend by Bruce Henry that I sometimes push "publish" much too quickly on a blog post. Go read my post titled "Leadership and

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