Contingency Plan – Focusing on Business Value
Last time, I talked about status reporting, which is commonly required but whose power as a multitool is often overlooked.
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Goals
Learn a foreign language in between projects and on the go
Project managers work on various projects, sometimes traveling to various clients’ sites. You juggle many emails, calls, faxes and meetings
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Why should project managers speak another language?
Unfortunately, in many countries, especially English-language ones, foreign languages have not been taken seriously by educational institutions, parents and children.
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Done or Done Done?
A common culprit behind schedule slips is adding up estimates for building subunits and not accounting for verification and integration.
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Non-technical?!? Who are you calling non-technical?
I tried not to sputter as the young, no-grey haired, highly-respected PhD sporting engineering manager told me my suggestion did
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The Essence of Personal Improvement
One of my favorite topics in professional life concerns the things we do to develop ourselves. The most interesting part
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Some sage advise for your first day at a new job.
On our first day, we typically want to “prove ourselves”. We want to show that they made a great decision in hiring us. We feel the need to jump in and be productive right away. Although our intentions are very good, in our zeal to impress, we can even go a little overboard.
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Saying “YES” in difficult family situations
I recently conducted a “Say YES to everything – on your own terms” seminar based on the material from “”Just
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Part III of Part III Series – Résumé Visual Errors, Conclusions, and Recommendations
Visual Errors to Avoid: In this pre-final section, we will focus on visual and conspicuous features of your résumé. Several
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Part II of III Part Series – Designing Your Cover Letter, Controlling References, and Personal Information”
Your Cover Letter: This document although appearing to become a thing of the past, can be critical with the variances
Embedding Sustainability For Your Career Security in this Decade
Scripting a Project Manager’s Résumé to Pull Customers (and Hiring Managers) Part I – Introduction, Your Overall Résumé An Introduction: In
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