Getting Teams Unstuck
B. W. Tuckman discovered that teams go through development stages beginning with the forming stage and ending with the adjourning […]
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Teams? Why not just have a meeting?
Teams. It seems like such an obvious part of project life. Or, is it? Recently, I’ve been noticing some things
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Rewarding the ME in Teams
In the past, both here and in my own newsletters (Diamonds to You) I’ve written about the fact that although
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Hope?
As I write this, the US is in a presidential transition. President-Elect Obama won, at least in part, on a
There is No “I” in TEAM
Thomas Edison, when asked why he had a team of twenty-one assistants “If I could solve all the problems myself,
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Adventures in Team Building
Have you ever been to a “team building” event that felt like work? You’re there because you have to be,
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The Project Culture Cunundrum
The challenge of managing virtual projects is amplified by a complexity factor equal to the number of cultures represented on
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Engaging brain before engaging outsourcing
If you have not read Shampa’s post below I encourage all of you to read it. I would like to
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Face to Face Communications – A must-have or nice-to-have?
While I’ve never encountered any significant resistance to the idea that a PM has to do a lot of communication
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The Key to Successful Cross-functional Collaboration
Quick: what’s the biggest challenge in cross-functional collaboration? Bing! Yes, “building trusting, open relationships” is correct! Does that sound too
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Breaking the Cycle of Micromanagement
Does this sound familiar? Project Manager: I thought I knew where we stood, but turns out we’re further behind than
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