Greetings Leaders… I thought I’d share a recent picture of us on a Disney Cruise. It’s nice to be fit at 62 so I can enjoy life! A key component of Leadership is taking care of your health and keeping fit. This is not about losing weight or looking like a model. This is about […]
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Greetings Leaders! This is the 16th posting in The Path of the Honorable Leader series. The Path of the Honorable Leader takes one on a journey. Along the way a leader experiences many things. Victory and Defeat. Moments of exhilaration or falling into the pit of despair. If one is not careful, these events can
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Greetings Leaders! This is the third posting in the The Path of the Honorable Leader series. The Path of the Honorable Leader is often difficult. As a leader moves down her path she will find it dark and foreboding, cluttered with the bodies of others who have fallen by the wayside. Others who have succumbed
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Greetings leaders! In mentoring other project managers, I noticed there is a distinct trait that distinguishes those that are successful, and those that struggle in managing their projects. That trait is what I’ll call the ability to drive versus the ability to manage. Are you a project manager or a project driver?
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Greetings Leaders! Do you find yourself in the frustrating position where people just won’t listen to you, even though you think you have good ideas that will help your company, organization, or the individual? If you do, don’t lose heart! There are definitely some things you can do to change this.
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Greetings Leaders! While mentoring Project Managers over the years, I’ve noticed both the good and the bad. What are the top 5 mistakes Project Managers make? Well, we’re all different, but here are five sure ways to get shown the door both as a consultant and as an employee.
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Greetings Leaders! I’ve been contemplating a situation that many of us have seen before. An organization spends a lot of money and time on building a culture of trust, openness and transparency. Yet, the changes don’t take and the company culture doesn’t change as expected. What gives?
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Greetings Leaders! I was teaching class last night and we had a very lively discussion about Resource Management. Here was the scenario.. A Project Manager and a Line Manager meet to discuss getting a team resource for the project. The Project Manager doesn’t like the team member that the Line Manager is going to give
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Greetings Leaders! Are you struggling to break out as a Project Manager at your organization? Well, you’re not alone. If we think about the 80/20 rule, only 20% of the Project Managers out there are going to rise above the others. After teaching project managers, consulting at many organizations and just reflecting on my career,
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Greetings Leaders! Like many of you, I have been watching the events unfold surrounding Jerry Sandusky, Penn St. and Joe Paterno. The NCAA came out with its ruling the other day. $60 million in fines and vacating all of Coach Paterno’s wins from 1998. I’ve also been watching the responses. Some calling it unfair. Others saying
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