Powerful Words, “I Don’t Know”
“I don’t know” are three words that most people dread saying. The need to know the answer has followed us from school into the working […]
Category: Leadership
Blogs on leadership and management
Controlling the Runaway Meeting
It is a common phenomenon. Something happens, usually something bad. Daily meetings are organized. Anyone connected with the event is there—from senior executives to junior […]
Decision Making: 6 Ways to be More Effective
Projects sometimes feel like the movie “Ground Hog Day”—endlessly revisiting the same decision hoping to get them right. This cycle is frustrating, time consuming and […]
Project Status is Subjective: Status Metrics
Project management relies on metrics to chart and manage performance. Good metrics are valuable. They measure the right things and provide the project manager, team, […]
Project Status is Subjective: Linguistic and Cognitive Bias
Status reporting is one of the most important functions performed by project managers. The profession strives for objective reporting and metrics. However, by its very […]
Project Leadership: What Gets Measured, Gets Done
Leadership is the holy grail of project management. According to CEB Global, project managers that possess entrepreneurial (leadership) skills are 40% more likely to deliver […]
Projects are About People: 7 Ways to Put People First
Projects are about people! People, process, and technology are the essential components of any organizational analysis. When it comes to software development, people are more […]
The Lifeguard Analogy, Mindfulness, and the Project Manager
Lifeguards are taught to only go into the water as a last resort. Going into the water puts both the lifeguard and the victim at […]
Owning the Issue: A Profile in Courage
At the weekly executive operational review meeting, the atmosphere was tense. We were having issues with the order processing systems and the sales reps were […]
Organizational Structures, Modes of Power, and The Prisoners’ Dilemma
Say you are assigned to a new project. What process do you follow to determine your approach to engaging the team? Do you analyze the […]