Respect The Project’s Natural Life-Cycle
There is a project joke that has been around for years… There are six stages of a project: 1. Enthusiasm2. Disillusionment3. Panic4. Search for the guilty5. Punishment of the innocent6. Praise...
View ArticleUnfinished Tasks: Do “P”s Just Not Care?
We all have managed or worked with them. That certain type of team member who says they finished a task when the reality is they didn’t. The “i”s weren’t dotted and the “t”s weren’t crossed. They...
View ArticleFailed Projects: Does Management Really Care?
When projects fail in your organization what happens? Is there a lot of drama and shaming of those involved? Does the project manager’s reputation suffer? Most likely the answers are yes with varying...
View Article7 Steps to Help You Achieve Your Organizational Goals
How do you achieve your organizational goals? Lots of leaders get stuck here. They communicate their goals to their organization at a meeting and think everyone will grab hold of the goals and take it...
View Article5 Ways to Improve Company Satisfaction
If you’re a part of a business, you realize how imperative customer service is. In addition, every business understands the importance of project management as well. Both of these ventures require...
View ArticleEmployee Engagement – The Half Truth
Employee engagement is on everyone’s mind these days. Not only do we continue to see the dismal numbers reported again and again, more studies are revealing why it’s a serious business problem. Higher...
View ArticleOrganizational Effectiveness Rule #1: All Work Isn’t Created the Same
“The squeaky wheel gets the grease.” It’s a well-worn cliché, but that’s because it’s invariably true. Think about what happens in most organizations. Whatever’s making the most noise, whatever task is...
View ArticleWork Accountability and Visibility Go Hand-in-Hand
It’s one of the most common management gripes: Our employees aren’t accountable. They’re not meeting deadlines. The quality isn’t there. They’re not completing the amount of work they need to get done....
View ArticleThe Elusive High Performance Team
In the 80’s high performance teams were the craze. Project management was just coming into its own and teams were getting more and more attention, but today we talk about and observe them with little...
View ArticleSo, You Can’t Get People to Use the Software Tool
You hear about it all the time. Organizations invest in a software tool and then struggle with its adoption. It could be project management, customer relationship management (CRM), requirements...
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