Find ways to have your cake and eat it too.
In this discussion, I cover some quick tips for Work/Life Balance. One of the tricks to a positive Work/Life Balance […]
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Setting expectations: A positive defense against moochers
Today’s economy is certainly making most people anxious. In these desperate times, the positive frugal, thrifty and cautious nature can be taken a tad too far. Without knowing, this singular cost-conscious attention morphs turns to mooching or taking advantage of friends and family. Use this tips to avoid being either the moocher or the enabler.
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Common Sense Produces Uncommon Results
Originally published on CareerShorts.com where Kimberly has been invited to contribute blogs periodically on global leadership and project management. Did
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Making excuses for yourself and others is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
In this discussion, I covered some quick tips to keep us moving forward. The adage “you get what you expect”
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Traditional versus Agile — false war?
On this theme of Conventional Wisdom…. Not too long ago I was hearing lots of things about Agile. Most of
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Three pronged strategy for new project managers
This is the 1st of the three articles that discuss about strategies for new project managers to function effectively. The three steps are; understanding top ten reasons of a project failure and how to proactively plan to avoid them, how to have a solid communication plan and how to manage changes. The 1st article covers top ten reasons of a project failure and how to proactively plan in order to avoid them.
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What makes for a successful Project Manager?
My esteemed colleague Natalie Udo’s post a few weeks ago, “What is a Project Manager?” started me thinking about what
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Creating a Culture of Appreciation – Thank you goes a long way
As I was wracking my brain trying to think of interesting topics to write about for this week’s blogs, it
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A Tale of Three Cities – London, Toronto, and Redwood Shores
It had all the earmarks of a disaster, a real career-sinker of a project. And here was my old friend
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Politics or influence?
The ability to influence people is a good skill for a project manager. Isn’t it?
Isn’t it our job as PMs to influence people on the project? To find ways to get our stakeholders onboard?
Could it be that one person’s influencing can be another’s political manipulation?
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Change Leadership and Trust
Yesterday I covered 3 points for change leadership and project management: 1. You implement change everyday in your role as
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